Hleiðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hleiðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hleiðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hleiðr
- f. [Ulf. hleiþra or hleþra = σκηνή], prop. a tent; it exists only as the local name of the old Danish capital, Fas., Fms., and in Hleiðrar-garðr, m., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛁᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)