Hrísungr
Old Norse Dictionary - hrísungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrísungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hrísungr
- m. a law term, a kind of bastard, one begotten in the woods, but of a free mother, N. G. L. i. 48, 228: in the Grágás, a son born of a free woman, but begotten whilst she was a bondwoman; he could not inherit, and, though called free born, had to be declared free personally (pro formâ), Grág. i. 178; cp. rishöfde in the old Swed. law. The heipt hrísungs = stones, Ýt. 19, refers to the tale of the Sons of Jormunrek, of which one (Erp) is in Hðm. called hornungr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᛋᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)