Almenningr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - almenningr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "almenningr" in English.

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

almenningr Old Icelandic word can mean:

almenningr
m.
almenningr
1) common land;
almenningr
2) common or public pasture;
almenningr
3) public thoroughfare (in Norse towns);
almenningr
4) the people, public in general;
almenningr
5) levy, conscription; fullr (allr), hálfr ~, a full (complete) or half levy of men and ships.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛘᛁᚾᚾᛁᚾᚴᚱ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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