Páska-friðr

Old Norse Dictionary - páska-friðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "páska-friðr" in English.

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

páska-friðr
m. the Easter-peace, Ó. H.; in the early Swed. law (Schlyter) the ‘paska-frider’ lasted from Wednesday before Easter until the evening of the eighth day after Easter.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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