Yfir-gyðingr
Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-gyðingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-gyðingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- yfir-gyðingr
- m. an ‘over-Jew,’ ‘thorough Jew,’ Pharisee, Mar., Post., Greg. (= Acts xxiii. 6, Luke xv. 1, 2, xviii. 10).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᛁᚱ-ᚴᚢᚦᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)