Hegnir
Old Norse Dictionary - hegnir
Meaning of Old Norse word "hegnir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hegnir
- m. a defender, chastiser, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚴᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.