Magnaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - magnaðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "magnaðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- magnaðr
- or mögnuðr, m. a strengthener; in poët. compds, hjaldr-m., a war-maker, warrior; sigr-m., a victor, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚴᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.