Landnámsmaðr

Viking Language Dictionary - landnámsmaðr

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "landnámsmaðr"

landnámsmaðr
m settler, lit land-take-man (the term refers to both women and men)

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᛚᛅᚾᛏᚾᛅᛘᛋᛘᛅᚦᚱ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛚᛆᚿᛐᚿᛆᛘᛌᛘᛆᚦᚱ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
lit
literally
m
masculine
n
neuter
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