Dunhendr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - dunhendr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "dunhendr" in English.

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

dunhendr
a., ~ háttr, a sort of metre (when the second line of each couplet begins with the concluding word of the first line).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚾᚼᛁᚾᛏᚱ

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