Heimfara-þing
Old Norse Dictionary - heimfara-þing
Meaning of Old Norse word "heimfara-þing"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- heimfara-þing
- n. a law term, a meeting to settle terms in case of distress for payment of debt; cp. the mod. phrase, undir atför at lögum, D. n. v. 424 (Fr.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᛘᚠᛅᚱᛅ-ᚦᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.