Nárungr

Old Norse Dictionary - nárungr

Meaning of Old Norse word "nárungr" in English.

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

nárungr: m. [for. word; Germ. nähren], a nourisher (?), Edda ii. 497: in fólk-nárungr, answering to Hom. ποιμην λαων, as also in other poët. compds, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

for.: foreign.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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