Guð-níðingr

Old Norse Dictionary - guð-níðingr

Meaning of Old Norse word "guð-níðingr" in English.

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

guð-níðingr
m. a traitor to God, a renegade, Nj. 272, Fms. i. 84, viii. 308, xi. 41, 274, Fs. 173; e. g. Julian the Apostate is rendered by Julianus Guðníðingr. guðníðings-skapr, m. apostacy, Fms. iii. 89.

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

Abbreviations used:

e. g.
exempli gratia.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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