Samhending

Old Icelandic Dictionary - samhending

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "samhending" in English.

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

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

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛘᚼᛁᚾᛏᛁᚾᚴ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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