Hlóðyn
Old Norse Dictionary - hlóðyn
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlóðyn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlóðyn
- f., gen. hlóðynjar, the mythical name of the Earth, prop. hearth (?), homestead (?), and akin to hlóð, Edda, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᚢᚦᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.