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.)
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