Inn-gangr
Old Norse Dictionary - inn-gangr
Meaning of Old Norse word "inn-gangr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word inn-gangr can mean:inn-gangr
- inn-gangr
- m. = innganga, Eg. 519, Bs. i. 783.
- inn-gangr
- 2. = Lat. introitus; inngangr messunnar, Hom. (St.); Föstu-inngangr, the beginning of Lent, Bs. i. 744:—introduction, to a book etc. (mod.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᚾ-ᚴᛅᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)