Þiðrandi

Old Norse Dictionary - þiðrandi

Meaning of Old Norse word "þiðrandi"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þiðrandi
a, m., prop. a he-partridge, = þiðurr (?), but only used as a nickname, and then as a pr. name, Landn.; Þiðranda-bani, the slayer of Th., a nickname, Njarð.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚦᚱᛅᚾᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pr.
proper, properly.
prop.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Njarð.
Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
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