Níu
Old Norse Dictionary - níu
Meaning of Old Norse word "níu"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- níu
- a cardinal number, [Ulf. niun, and so in all South-Teut, languages with a final n, which has been suppressed in the Norse and Icel.; Swed. nio; Dan. ni]:—nine, passim; níu vikna fasta, beginning on Septuagesima Sunday, Rb. 504.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)