Svignir
Old Norse Dictionary - svignir
Meaning of Old Norse word "svignir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- svignir
- m. pl. = Sygnir, q. v.; in Svigna-kappi, a nickname, Landn.; Svigna-skarð, a farm in western Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚴᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)