þjudinassus

m. poet. prince, ruler.

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m. [Ulf. renders βασιλεύς by þjûdans; A. S. þeoden; Hel. thiudan; cp. Ulf. þjudinassus and þjudan-gardi = βασίλεια, þjudanôn = βασιλεύειν]:—a king, the ruler of a þjóð (þjuda); the word is only used in poets. In the remotest times each tribe or shire had a special king or ruler (fylkir); then in later times they formed a league under one king; and þjóðann and þjóð-konungr (q. v.) seem to be the words denoting such a king, konungr being the general popular name; vinr þjóðans, Ad. 11; Gotna þ., Akv. 21; þjóðans sonr, 22: þjóðans rekkar, Gkv. 1. 18; þjóðans synir, Fms. iii. (in a verse).

2. in the old Hm. a good, a great man; þjóðans barn, Hm. 14; þjóðans kona, 149; þing ok þjóðans mál, 116.