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.)