Héraðs-menn
Old Norse Dictionary - héraðs-menn
Meaning of Old Norse word "héraðs-menn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- héraðs-menn
- m. pl. men of the district, Grág. i. 253; in Norse sense country-people, as opp. to bæjarmenn, town-people, Gþl. 264, N. G. l. ii. 88, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚱᛅᚦᛋ-ᛘᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)