Mat-annungr

Old Norse Dictionary - mat-annungr

Meaning of Old Norse word "mat-annungr" in English.

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

mat-annungr
m. a ‘meat-earner,’ a person who earns his food, but gets no wages, Jb. 469; mod. matvinnungr.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
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