Hjaðningar
Old Norse Dictionary - hjaðningar
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjaðningar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hjaðningar
- (Héðningar, Fb. i. 282), m. pl. [A. S. Heodeningas, Hetelinge or Hegelinge of the old German epos, Kudrun (Bartsch’s Edition)], the champions of the mythol. hero Héðinn, Edda 90; whence Hjaðninga-víg, n. the battle of Hedin and his men, supposed to go on for ever; see the tale in Edda 89, 90, and Fb. i. 278–282.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅᚦᚾᛁᚾᚴᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)