Nes-nám
Old Norse Dictionary - nes-nám
Meaning of Old Norse word "nes-nám"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nes-nám
- n.; nema nesnám, to make a ‘ness-raid,’ a term used by the old vikings when they landed on narrow headlands and took cattle and provisions by force; nema nesnám ok höggva strandhögg, Eg. 81, Orkn 64, Fms. i. 195.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᛋ-ᚾᛅᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)