Vin-góðr

Old Norse Dictionary - vin-góðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "vin-góðr"

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

Old Norse word vin-góðr can mean:vin-góðr

vin-góðr
adj. = vingaðr; lét Hánef vera vingóðan mann (a popular man), Rd. 239.
vin-góðr
2. neut. vingott in phrases as, með þeim var vingott, they were good friends, Eg. 514, Rd. 289, Nj. 135; eiga vingott við e-n, to be good friends with a person, Fms. ix. 219.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
neut.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Rd.
Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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