Vísinda-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - vísinda-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vísinda-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vísinda-maðr
- m. a soothsayer, Orkn. 138, 140, Stj. 439, 491, Fas. i. 5: mod. a scholar, man of science.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛁᚾᛏᛅ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)