Speingr
Old Norse Dictionary - speingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "speingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- speingr
- m. a spy; sínum speingum ok galdra-mönnum, Hb. (1865) 30, as also in arg-speingr, a spy, Dropl. (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)