Einörð
Old Icelandic Dictionary - einörðMeaning of Old Icelandic word "einörð" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
einörð Old Icelandic word can mean:
- einörð
- (gen. -arðar), f.
- einörð
- 1) franknes, boldness, fairness (hafa ~ til at ganga við e-u);
- einörð
- ~ várrar frásagnar, the fairness of our story;
- einörð
- 2) fidelity, loyalty (at landsfólkit mundi snúit frá ~inni við konung);
- einörð
- 3) firm conviction (þat er ~ mín, at þat er at engum kosti rétt).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚾᚢᚱᚦ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- e-u
- einhverju.
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