Nunna
Old Norse Dictionary - nunna
Meaning of Old Norse word "nunna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word nunna can mean:nunna
- nunna
- u, f. [Lat. novena], a nun, Ld. 332, Grág. i. 307, Bs. passim.
- nunna
- COMPDS: nunnu-klaustr, -setr, n. a nunnery, Symb. 59, Fms. vi. 354, vii. 273, viii. 123. nunnu-vígsla, u, f. a taking the veil, Greg. 74, H. E. i. 329.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)