Játning
Old Norse Dictionary - játning
Meaning of Old Norse word "játning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- játning
- f. confession, esp. in an eccl. sense; játning heilagrar trúar, Fms. i. 142; Trúar-játning. the Creed, confession of faith; Augsborgar-trúarjatning = the Augsburg Confession, Confessio Augustana, Vídal. passim: synda-játning, confession of sins, H. E. i. 476, Bs. i. 746, 846, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᛏᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.