Landauðn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - landauðn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "landauðn" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

landauðn
landauðn, f. at Land lægges øde, affolkes, at der bliver folketomt; þótti landauðnnema (nl. i Norge da Folk under Harald Haarfager udvandrede til Island) Ísl.1; til landauðnar horfði í Ísafirði, áðrfiskr gékk upp á Kvíarmiði Sturl. I,34214; herja víða um Pulinaland okgera mikinn skaða þeim, er firir ero,bæði í manndrápum ok landauðn okránum Didr. 1622.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛆᚿᚦᛆᚢᚦᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.
Feminin.
nl.
nemlig.

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