Samhenda

Old Icelandic Dictionary - samhenda

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "samhenda" in English.

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

samhenda
f. a metre in which the rhyming syllables are identical in form (as ‘virðandi gefr virðum’).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛘᚼᛁᚾᛏᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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