Lands-fjórðungr
Old Norse Dictionary - lands-fjórðungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lands-fjórðungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lands-fjórðungr
- m. the quarter of a land (of Iceland), Grág. i. 433, Landn. 251, Bs. ii. 81.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏᛋ-ᚠᛁᚢᚱᚦᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)