Píning
Old Norse Dictionary - píning
Meaning of Old Norse word "píning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word píning can mean:píning
- píning
- f. torture, Fms. i. 4, vii. 227, Mork. 220, Karl. 279: pain, Str. 25: gramm. passive, Skálda 180.
- píning
- 2. eccl. Passion, Stj. 76, Rb. 82: pass., píningar-dagr, -tími, a day, time of passion, Stj. 117, 147, 195.
- píning
- COMPDS: PíningarSaga, píningarváttr, píningarvætti.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gramm.
- grammar.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- pass.
- passive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)