Hýðing
Old Norse Dictionary - hýðing
Meaning of Old Norse word "hýðing"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hýðing
- f. a ‘hiding’ (slang Engl.), flogging; sá skal hýðing valda er heimskastr er á þingi, a saying, N. G. l. i. 349, Grág. i. 456, Stj. 396.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚦᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)