Átján-sessa

Old Norse Dictionary - átján-sessa

Meaning of Old Norse word "átján-sessa" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

átján-sessa
u, f. [cp. tvítug-, þrítugsessa], a ship having eighteen rowing benches, Fms. ix. 257, xi. 56.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛁᛅᚾ-ᛋᛁᛋᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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