Yfir-sýn
Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-sýn
Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-sýn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- yfir-sýn
- f. a look, appearance, Hkr. iii. 364: show = yfirbragð, FmS. ix. 433: a survey, inspection, meta þetta fé eptir y. þeirra manna sem biskup nefndi til, Dipl. i. 7; undir y. greinds Herra Pettars, v. 18; eptir boðskap ok y. erkibiskups, on the order and under the superintendance of, MS. 671. 17, H. E. i. 517.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᛁᚱ-ᛋᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)