Ruðning
Old Norse Dictionary - ruðningMeaning of Old Norse word "ruðning" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ruðning
- f. (ruðningr, m., Nj. 235, v. l.), [ryðja], a challenging, of neighbours or judges in the old Icel. court, Grág. i. 29, 33, 52, Nj. 82, 87, passim. ruðningar-mál, n. pl. the formula of a challenge, Grág.i. 27, Nj. 237.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚦᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
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