Þinga-menn

Old Norse Dictionary - þinga-menn

Meaning of Old Norse word "þinga-menn" in English.

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

þinga-menn
m. pl. the name of the house-carles or body-guard of king Canute and his successors in England; it was a hired corps of soldiers, like the Wærings in Constantinople, Fb. i. 203, 205, Ó. H. 21, 25, Fms. vi. (in a verse). Þingamanna-lið, n. id., Valla l. 222, Orkn. 84 old Ed., Fb. i. l. c.

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

Abbreviations used:

id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Valla L.
Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)
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