Við-ganga

Old Norse Dictionary - við-ganga

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

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

við-ganga Old Norse word can mean:

við-ganga: u, f. access, admission; veita e-u viðgöngu, to admit, acknowledge, Jb. 173.

við-ganga: 2. confession; v. synda, confession of sins, Greg. 22; eptir bréfi ok viðrgöngu sira Bjarna, B. K. 79, Sturl. iii. 293.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

B. K.: Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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