Nárungr
Old Norse Dictionary - nárungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "nárungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nárungr
- m. [for. word; Germ. nähren], a nourisher (?), Edda ii. 497: in fólk-nárungr, answering to Hom. ποιμην λαων, as also in other poët. compds, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅᚱᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- for.
- foreign.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.