Vest-firðingar
Old Norse Dictionary - vest-firðingar
Meaning of Old Norse word "vest-firðingar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vest-firðingar
- m. pl. the men from Vest-firðir, the West-fiords (in Icel.), Landn., Sturl.; vestfírðinga-fjórðungr, the West Quarter, Landn. 167.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛏ-ᚠᛁᚱᚦᛁᚾᚴᛅᚱ
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.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)