Landvarnar-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - landvarnar-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "landvarnar-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- landvarnar-maðr
- m. a man charged with the defence of the country against freebooters and foreign invasion, Eg. 265, 401, Fms. v. 89, vi. 295.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏᚢᛅᚱᚾᛅᚱ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)