Lands-auðn
Old Norse Dictionary - lands-auðn
Meaning of Old Norse word "lands-auðn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lands-auðn
- f. a laying waste, depopulation of a land, Fas. i. 526, Hkr. ii. 75.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏᛋ-ᛅᚢᚦᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)