Suðr-land

Old Norse Dictionary - suðr-land

Meaning of Old Norse word "suðr-land" in English.

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

suðr-land Old Norse word can mean:

suðr-land
n. a southern county, the south shore of a fjord, Fms. viii. 220: plur. suðrlönd, the south-lands, Saxony, Germany, Fb. i. 502.
suðr-land
II. a local name = Sutherland in Scotland, Orkn., Landn.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
plur.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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