Landnáma-tíð

Old Norse Dictionary - landnáma-tíð

Meaning of Old Norse word "landnáma-tíð"

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

landnáma-tíð
(-tími,gl. 19), f. the time of the settlement (about A. D. 875–935), Landn. 133, Fb. i. 268.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. D.
Anno Domini.
f.
feminine.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Vígl.
Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)
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