Níðings-verk
Old Norse Dictionary - níðings-verk
Meaning of Old Norse word "níðings-verk"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- níðings-verk
- n. a dastard’s work, villainy, FmS. vii. 296, Eg. 415, Gþl. 133 (of high treason): of the three ‘nithing’s works’ to which the mythical hero Starkad was doomed, see Gautr. S. ch. 7.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚦᛁᚾᚴᛋ-ᚢᛁᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gautr.
- Gautreks Saga. (C. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)