Heiðr
Old Norse Dictionary - heiðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "heiðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word heiðr can mean:heiðr
- heiðr
- m., gen. heiðrs, [akin to heið, f. above, q. v.; Dan. hæder; Swed. häder]:—honour; it does not occur in very old or class. writers; til heiðrs ok sæmdar, Stj. 95; stórr heiðr, Fs. (Vd.) 21; heiðr ok tign, Fb. i. 564; h. ok hamingja, 566; Guðs heiðr, Fms. vii. 172 (v. l. of the Hrokkinskinna), Mar. passim: freq. in mod. usage, halda í heiðri, to honour, etc.
- heiðr
- COMPDS: heiðrsmaðr, heiðrsamligr, heiðrsvel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- class.
- classical.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vd.
- Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)