Vendlandsfar

Old Danish Dictionary - vendlandsfar

Meaning of Old Danish word "Vendlandsfar", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Vendlandsfar can mean:

  • no. sø- farende, der sejler på Venden; contentiones super solutione thelonei in nundinis Scanore, que fiebant ab lis, qui Vindlandsfare dicuntor (1251). SuhmD X. 970. Ordet er usikkert, jf HT4 V.7 not 5; Hans Geschichtsquell sIV. 1xvn., men støttes mulig af fsv vinlanz faru salt, se Sy vitterhets akad handl XXV. 279. — Vend(e), no. (fov Vind) Vender; ingen Vende haffuer tort opsætte sig. VS 385, 420;

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᚿᚦᛚᛆᚿᚦᛋᚠᛆᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).

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