Hnefi

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hnefi

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hnefi" in English.

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

hnefi Old Icelandic word can mean:

hnefi
m.
hnefi
1) closed hand, fist;
hnefi
2) the king in hnefa-tafl.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᚠᛁ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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