Landhreinsan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - landhreinsan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "landhreinsan" in Norwegian.

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

landhreinsan
landhreinsan, f. Landets Beskyttelse mod, Befrielse fra dem, som forstyrrer detsFred (jvf hreinsan, hreinsa 3); nemakonungr láti refsa til landhreinsanarok friðar Gul. 327 jvf Landsl. 4, 322;er landhreinsan, at slíkir menn verðaaf ráðnir at lögum Ljósv. 105; jvfVem. 1951; biskup þakkaði honum fyrirvíg Sveins brjóstreips ok kvað þatlandhreinsan verit hafa Flat. II, 43320;varð ok aldri mein at aptrgöngum ok- þar í dalnum síðan, þótti G. þargjört hafa mikla landhreinsan Grett.1552.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛆᚿᚦᚼᚱᚽᛁᚿᛋᛆᚿ
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.
G.
Genitiv.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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