Són

Old Norse Dictionary - són

Meaning of Old Norse word "són" in English.

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

són Old Norse word can mean:

són: f. [Germ. sühne, ver-söhnung]:—an atonement, sacrifice, of the heathen age; this ancient Teut. word remains in the Norse only in a few COMPDS: sónarblót, sónardreyri, sónargöltr.

són: II. Són was the name of one of the vessels in which the blood ot Kvasir (the mead of wisdom and poetry) was kept, Edda; hence poetry itself is called fyllr Sónar, id.: orða-sáð Sónar, the word-seed of Són, i. e. inspired poetry, Kormak. This whole myth belongs to the mysteries of the heathen poets.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

Teut.: Teutonic.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

i. e.: id est.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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