Hirð-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hirð-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hirð-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hirð-maðr
- m. a king’s man, Hirðskrá, FmS., Eg., SkS. passim, Ó. H. ch. 70, 113, Har. S. Harðr. ch. 110, Hkr. Ó. T. ch. 90, Lv. p. 112 (far þú á fund Eyjólfs Guðmunds sonar, vinar míns ok hirðmanns), Nj. ch. 3, Fbr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚱᚦ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Ó. T.
- Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)