Land-ráð

Old Norse Dictionary - land-ráð

Meaning of Old Norse word "land-ráð"

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

Old Norse word land-ráð can mean:land-ráð

land-ráð
n. pl. the ‘land-rule,’ government of the land; hann var fyrir öllum landráðum, Fms. i. 2; hann var forstjóri fyrir landráðum, vii. 238; en Eysteinn konungr skyldi hafa landráð af hendi beggja þeirra, 75; ek mun hafa landráð meðan, xi. 22; unna honum hálfs ríkis ok landráða við sjálfan sik, Odd. 115 new Ed.; ráða landráðum, Fms. vi. 431, Ó. H. 52.
land-ráð
2. ‘land-treason,’ high treason, (from ráða, to betray), n. G. l. i. 103, Fms. i. 58, viii. 196, Gþl. 57, 133.
land-ráð
COMPDS: landráðamaðr, landráðasök.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
L.
Linnæus.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Odd.
Stjörnu-Odda draumr. (D. V.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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