Hornungr

Old Norse Dictionary - hornungr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hornungr" in English.

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

hornungr Old Norse word can mean:

hornungr: m. [A. S. hornung = bastard; Lex Romana ornongo; cp. Germ. winkel-kind and winkel-ehe = concubinatus; cp. bæsingr and Engl. bastard:—all of them with the notion of a corner for the illegitimate and outcast son, see Grimm R. A. 476]:—an old law term, a bastard son; in the Norse law the son of a freeborn wife, whose mundr has not been paid, and who is therefore illegitimate, N. G. l. i. 48, 228, cp. Hðm. 12; h. ok þýjar-barn, FaS. i. 495.

hornungr: β. in Icel. law the son of a freeborn woman and a bondman, Grág. i. 178.

hornungr: 2. metaph. a scamp, outcast; vera hornungr e-s, FmS. xi. 7; munu margir verða þess hornungar er eigu, hann var görr h. bróður síns, i. 255; nú emk h. hylli hennar, I am her outcast, Kormak (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

R.: Rimur.

S.: Saga.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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