Meiðing
Old Norse Dictionary - meiðing
Meaning of Old Norse word "meiðing"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- meiðing
- f. bodily hurt, maiming, damaging, esp. in pl. of serious bodily hurts, dangerous wounds, BS. i. 531, Nj. 21, FS. 34; í manndrápum ok meiðingum, Fb. ii. 64, MS. 625. 64; at hann hélt lífi meiðinga-laust, unmaimed, unhurt, Sturl. iii. 132; þeim hélt við meiðingar, Nj. 21; meiðing fjár, K. Þ. K. 176.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛁᚦᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)