Inn-drótt
Old Norse Dictionary - inn-drótt
Meaning of Old Norse word "inn-drótt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- inn-drótt
- f., poët. a king’s body-guard, Edda (Gl.), Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᚾ-ᛏᚱᚢᛏᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.