Heiðingi
Old Norse Dictionary - heiðingi
Meaning of Old Norse word "heiðingi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word heiðingi can mean:heiðingi
- heiðingi
- a, m. [heiðinn], a heathen, gentile, Ó. H., Nj., BS. (Kristni S.) passim.
- heiðingi
- II. poët. a wolf, either metaph. from heiðingi, or from heiðr, a heath, one who lives on heaths and wildernesses, Edda (Gl.), Akv. 8; it occurs besides twice or thrice in poems of the time of king Harald Harðráði, 11th century.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᚦᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Kristni S.
- Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)