Niðr-setningr

Old Norse Dictionary - niðr-setningr

Meaning of Old Norse word "niðr-setningr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

niðr-setningr
m. a pauper, from being distributed (set down) in Icel. among the different households in a parish, (setja e-n niðr á hreppinn.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚦᚱ-ᛋᛁᛏᚾᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

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