Hefð
Old Norse Dictionary - hefð
Meaning of Old Norse word "hefð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hefð can mean:hefð
- hefð
- f. [hafa, to take, = Lat. usu-capere], a law term, loss or gain of claim by lapse of time; hefð ok land, Bs. i. 689; hefð lands-laga, 720; með réttri ok löglegri hefð, 730, Rétt. 230, D. N. passim, H. E. i. 456, cp. Jb. s. v. tuttugu ár, pp. 142, 251, 351.
- hefð
- COMPDS: hefðarmaðr, hefðarvitni, hefðaskipti.
- hefð
- II. [hefja], reputation: hefðar-ligr, adj. (-liga, adv.), fine, grand: hefðar-maðr, m. an eminent man, Fms. iii. 134.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚠᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Rétt.
- Réttarbætr. (B. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)