Herbergis-sveinn
Old Norse Dictionary - herbergis-sveinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "herbergis-sveinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- herbergis-sveinn
- m. id., Fb. i. 347, ii. 284, Hkr. iii. 324, Stj. 518, 641, Fas. i. 317: in mod. usage, room, svefn-herbergi, a bedroom; gesta-h., an inn, Luke ii. 7.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚱᛒᛁᚱᚴᛁᛋ-ᛋᚢᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)