Við-nám
Old Norse Dictionary - við-nám
Meaning of Old Norse word "við-nám"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- við-nám
- and viðr-nám, n. resistance, an obstacle; ekki varð v., no resistance, Sturl. i. 129 C; farit víða um heim ok fengit hvergi viðnám, Fas. ii. 210; veita viðrnám, i. 105; var þar hart viðrnám, Orkn. 354; látum Völsunga viðrnám fá, Hkv. 1. 52 (Bugge).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦ-ᚾᛅᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)