Sam-henda
Old Norse Dictionary - sam-henda
Meaning of Old Norse word "sam-henda"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sam-henda can mean:sam-henda
- sam-henda
- u, f., or sam-hending, f. a metre with the same rhymes repeated, e. g. virðandi gefr virðum, Edda (Ht.) 133.
- sam-henda
- 2. in mod. usage it is a kind of memorial verses strung together, e. g. the samhendur of Hallgr. Petrsson in Snót (1866).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛘ-ᚼᛁᚾᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Hallgr.
- Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
- Snót
- Snót, poems.