Við-beina

Old Norse Dictionary - við-beina

Meaning of Old Norse word "við-beina" in English.

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

við-beina: n. (mod. viðbein), vin-bein, BS. i. 367 (recent MSS.):—the collar-bone; maðr braut viðbeina sitt, BS. i. 119; hjó í sundr við-beinat, 648; viðbeinit, in Nj. 27 and Finnb. 330, is prob. only an erroneous reading of an abbreviation, for a t above the line represents -at as well as -it.

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

Abbreviations used:

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

prob.: probably.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Finnb.: Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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