Sviðnur
Old Norse Dictionary - sviðnur
Meaning of Old Norse word "sviðnur"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sviðnur
- f. pl. a local name of islands in western Icel., where salt was made by burning sea-weed (salt-sviða), see Landn. 2. ch. 23, and Gullþ. S.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚦᚾᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)