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.)
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