Járn-síða
Old Norse Dictionary - járn-síða
Meaning of Old Norse word "járn-síða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- járn-síða
- u, f. Ironside, nickname of a mythical warrior king, Ragn. S.; cp. the A. S. king Edmund Ironside: name of an Icel. code of laws (1271–1280), prob. from being cased in iron, Ann. Resen. 1271.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚱᚾ-ᛋᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Ragn. S.
- Ragnars Saga. (C. II.)