Kannaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - kannaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "kannaðr" in English.

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

kannaðr
könnuðr, m. an explorer, Lex. Poët.; land-k., q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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