Spá-kona
Old Norse Dictionary - spá-kona
Meaning of Old Norse word "spá-kona"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spá-kona can mean:spá-kona
- spá-kona
- u, f. a ‘spae-qneen,’ spae-wife, prophetess, Fms. x. 223; s. sú er sybil hét, Edda (pref.); kona sú er Anna hét, hún var s. Mar. 35; cp. þar var Anna spákona dóttir Phanuels af kyni Asser, Luke ii. 36.
- spá-kona
- 2. as a nickname, Þórdís s.; whence Spákonu-fell, a local name, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛅ-ᚴᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- pref.
- preface.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)