Hæringr
Old Norse Dictionary - hæringr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hæringr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hæringr
- m. a hoary man; svá öttum vér hæringinum nú at hann lá eptir, referring to the death of earl Erling, Fms. viii. 104, v. l.:—a pr. name, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚱᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)