Við-sjón

Old Norse Dictionary - við-sjón

Meaning of Old Norse word "við-sjón"

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

við-sjón
and viðr-sjón, f. a warning, a thing to be shunned; öðrum til viðsjónar, H. E. i. 436; viðrsjónar, 418, D. N. ii. 108; hataðr ok hafðr at viðrsjón, hated and shunned, Barl. 60.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
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