Landnám

Old Icelandic Dictionary - landnám

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "landnám" in English.

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

landnám
n. taking possession of land as settler, settlement.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏᚾᛅᛘ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

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