Land-jörð

Old Norse Dictionary - land-jörð

Meaning of Old Norse word "land-jörð" (or land-jǫrð) in English.

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

land-jörð (land-jǫrð)
f. an inland estate.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, land-jörð may be more accurately written as land-jǫrð.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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