Helft
Old Norse Dictionary - helft
Meaning of Old Norse word "helft"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- helft
- f. [hálfr], a half, D. n., Landn. 218, v. l. (paper MS.), freq. in mod. usage: behalf, H. E. ii. 41.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚᚠᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)