Suðr-ey
Old Norse Dictionary - suðr-ey
Meaning of Old Norse word "suðr-ey"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- suðr-ey
- f. a local name, South Island, Fms. ii: plur. Suðr-eyjar, Sodor, the Hebrides, Landn., Orkn., Fms.: Suðr-eyingr, m., Suðr-eyskr, adj. from Sodor, Landn. 89, Fms. ix. 420, Nj. 16.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚦᚱ-ᛁᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)