Sveitungar

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sveitungar

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sveitungar" in English.

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

sveitungar Old Icelandic word can mean:

sveitungar
(-s, -ar), m.
sveitungar
1) a man of the same company, comrade (vil ek fylgja sveitungum mínum);
sveitungar
2) follower; Magnús ok hans ~, M. and his men;
sveitungar
3) one belonging to the same district (at þú komir mér í sætt við sveitunga mína).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛁᛏᚢᚾᚴᛅᚱ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
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