Vestr-hérað

Old Norse Dictionary - vestr-hérað

Meaning of Old Norse word "vestr-hérað" in English.

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

vestr-hérað
n. a western county (of western Iceland), Sturl. iii. 19 (cp. héruðin vestr, Skíða R. 31).

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
R.
Rimur.

Works & Authors cited:

Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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