Suðr-land
Old Norse Dictionary - suðr-land
Meaning of Old Norse word "suðr-land"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word suðr-land can mean:suðr-land
- suðr-land
- n. a southern county, the south shore of a fjord, Fms. viii. 220: plur. suðrlönd, the south-lands, Saxony, Germany, Fb. i. 502.
- suðr-land
- II. a local name = Sutherland in Scotland, Orkn., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚦᚱ-ᛚᛅᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)