Ørvæni

Old Icelandic Dictionary - ørvæni

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "ørvæni" in English.

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

ørvæni
n. ‘non-expectation’; vissi engi hans náttstað, ok engi hans ~, nobody knew when he might not be expected, no one fell safe from him.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᚢᛅᚾᛁ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

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