Norðr-land
Old Norse Dictionary - norðr-land
Meaning of Old Norse word "norðr-land"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word norðr-land can mean:norðr-land
- norðr-land
- n. North-land, Fms. viii. 425, ix. 468 (a county in Norway):—the North quarter of Icel., passim.
- norðr-land
- II. plur. Norðrlönd, the Northern countries, Northern region, sometimes used of Europe, but chiefly of lands peopled by Northmen or Scandinavians, Nj. 46, Fær. 151, Ó. H. 2 (pref.), 24, 57, 130, 131, 241.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚱᚦᚱ-ᛚᛅᚾᛏ
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.
- f.
- feminine.
- plur.
- plural.
- pref.
- preface.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)