Landvarnar-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - landvarnar-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "landvarnar-maðr" in English.

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

landvarnar-maðr
m. a man charged with the defence of the country against freebooters and foreign invasion, Eg. 265, 401, Fms. v. 89, vi. 295.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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