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.)