Yfir-gyðingr

Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-gyðingr

Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-gyðingr" in English.

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

yfir-gyðingr
m. an ‘over-Jew,’ ‘thorough Jew,’ Pharisee, Mar., Post., Greg. (= Acts xxiii. 6, Luke xv. 1, 2, xviii. 10).

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
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