Ingi
Old Norse Dictionary - ingi
Meaning of Old Norse word "ingi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ingi
- a, m. a pr. name: freq. also in compds; of women, Inga, Ingi-björg, Ingi-leif, Ing-veldr, Ingi-ríðr, Ingi-gerðr, Ing-unn or Ing-uðr; and of men, in Ingi-marr, Ingi-mundr, Ingj-aldr, Ing-ólfr, Landn.: many more compds are found in the Swedish-Runic stones, as this name was national among the ancient Swedes; cp. also Yngvi and Ynglingar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)