Land-norðr
Old Norse Dictionary - land-norðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "land-norðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- land-norðr
- m. ‘land-north,’ north-east, opp. to út-norðr = the north-west, a phrase borrowed from the Scandin. continent (see landsuðr), Fs. 22, K. Þ. K. 138, Grág. ii. 283, Sks. 173, Bs. ii. 48, Bjarn. (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏ-ᚾᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)