Píslar-váttr
Old Norse Dictionary - píslar-váttr
Meaning of Old Norse word "píslar-váttr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- píslar-váttr
- m. a martyr, Stj. 54, Magn. 486, and so in mod. usage, Vídal.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛋᛚᛅᚱ-ᚢᛅᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.