Lifnaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - lifnaðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lifnaðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lifnaðr can mean:lifnaðr
- lifnaðr
- m. life, conduct of life, Stj. 55, 223, freq. in mod. usage: ó-lifnaðr, a wicked life.
- lifnaðr
- 2. convent life, a convent, Ann. 1231, Fms. xi. 444, Bs. i. 857, ii. 151.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚠᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)