Vitnis-burðr
Old Norse Dictionary - vitnis-burðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vitnis-burðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vitnis-burðr
- m. a bearing witness, giving evidence, K. Á. 50, Fms. x. 22: as a law term, Gþl. 475; gjalda samkvæði at v. þeim er hann hefir borit, Grág. i. 39; leita vitnisburða, Fms. vi. 194, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛏᚾᛁᛋ-ᛒᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)