Liðungar
Old Norse Dictionary - liðungar
Meaning of Old Norse word "liðungar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- liðungar
- m. pl. the men from Lið in Norway, in the county Vík, near to Oslo (Christiania), Ann. 1308; cp. Lið-vicingas in the old Anglo-Saxon poem Widsith.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚦᚢᚾᚴᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)