Vingan
Old Norse Dictionary - vingan
Meaning of Old Norse word "vingan"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vingan
- (vingun), f. friendliness, friendship (but less emphatic than vinátta), Karl. 17, Fms. v. 135, xi. 55, Fs. 15, 24, 144, Bær. 7: favour, hafa Guðs vingan, Grág. ii. 167; alþýðu vingan, popularity, Fms. i. 31; koma sínu máli í betri vingan við e-n, v. 136; vinganar-heit, -mál, -orð, -svipr, friendly assertions, words, looks, Bjarn. 51, Ld. 344, Fas. ii. 249, Fms. v.. 279.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚾᚴᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)