Lands-auðn

Old Norse Dictionary - lands-auðn

Meaning of Old Norse word "lands-auðn" in English.

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

lands-auðn
f. a laying waste, depopulation of a land, Fas. i. 526, Hkr. ii. 75.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
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