Spenna

Old Norse Dictionary - spenna

Meaning of Old Norse word "spenna" in English.

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

spenna
u, f. spasm; slikum spennum ok únáðum, Ísl. ii. 63: medic. a fit of vomiting, fá harðar spennur: a grasping, hrygg-spenna, q. v.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
medic.
medicine, medically.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

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