Land-hreinsun

Old Norse Dictionary - land-hreinsun

Meaning of Old Norse word "land-hreinsun"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

land-hreinsun
f. ‘land-cleansing,’ clearing the land of miscreants, Gþl. 135, 136, Fms. ix. 302; það var landhreinsun að honum, a saying when a bad man is dead and gone.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏ-ᚼᚱᛁᛁᚾᛋᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
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