Hvíldar-dagr
Old Norse Dictionary - hvíldar-dagr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvíldar-dagr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hvíldar-dagr
- m. a day of rest, Magn. 502: esp. eccl. the Sabbath, halda skaltú helgan hvíldar-daginn Drottins Guðs þíns, the Fourth Commandment, Stj., Vidal. passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᛚᛏᛅᚱ-ᛏᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)