Land-suðr

Old Norse Dictionary - land-suðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "land-suðr" in English.

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

land-suðr: m. ‘land-south,’ south-east, opp. to út-suðr = south-west (see landnorðr), Nj. 263, Fms. ix. 502, Rb. 90, Stj. 83, 88, Fs. 186, Gullþ. 11, freq. in mod. usage.

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

Abbreviations used:

freq.: frequent, frequently.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

opp.: opposed.

þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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