Heit-kona
Old Norse Dictionary - heit-kona
Meaning of Old Norse word "heit-kona"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- heit-kona
- u, f. one’s promised spouse, distinguished from festar-kona, in whose case the ceremony of betrothal has taken place (vide festar); hón skal vera heitkona Gunnlaugs en eigi festar-kona, Ísl. ii. 217, 239, 255, Fb. i. 372, Sturl. iii. 179.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᛏ-ᚴᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)