Són
Old Norse Dictionary - són
Meaning of Old Norse word "són"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word són can mean:són
- són
- f. [Germ. sühne, ver-söhnung]:—an atonement, sacrifice, of the heathen age; this ancient Teut. word remains in the Norse only in a few COMPDS: sónarblót, sónardreyri, sónargöltr.
- són
- II. Són was the name of one of the vessels in which the blood ot Kvasir (the mead of wisdom and poetry) was kept, Edda; hence poetry itself is called fyllr Sónar, id.: orða-sáð Sónar, the word-seed of Són, i. e. inspired poetry, Kormak. This whole myth belongs to the mysteries of the heathen poets.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)