Harm-dauði

Old Norse Dictionary - harm-dauði

Meaning of Old Norse word "harm-dauði"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

harm-dauði
adj. indecl. (and harm-dauðr, adj., Fms. ix. 399), lamented, of one departed; vera harmdauði, Fms. vi. 232, ix. 421, x. 406, Orkn. 88, Fb. i. 28.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚱᛘ-ᛏᛅᚢᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
decl.
declined.
indecl.
indeclinable.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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