Alhenda

Old Icelandic Dictionary - alhenda

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "alhenda" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

alhenda
f. a metre having two pairs of rhyming words in every line.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᚼᛁᚾᛏᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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