Ruðning

Old Norse Dictionary - ruðning

Meaning of Old Norse word "ruðning"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

ruðning
f. (ruðningr, m., Nj. 235, v. l.), [ryðja], a challenging, of neighbours or judges in the old Icel. court, Grág. i. 29, 33, 52, Nj. 82, 87, passim. ruðningar-mál, n. pl. the formula of a challenge, Grág.i. 27, Nj. 237.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚦᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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