Kennandi
Old Norse Dictionary - kennandi
Meaning of Old Norse word "kennandi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kennandi
- part. a teacher, Greg., Post., passim: as a law term, a witness for recovering and identifying a lost thing; sá maðr er kennendr vill færa til fjár síns, hann skal vinna eið at því at hann átti fé þat, Grág. i. 424; þá á sá, er fé átti, allt þat er hann kennir …, nema kennendr komi til, N. G. L. ii. 46.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᚾᛅᚾᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)