Arinn
Old Norse Dictionary - arinnMeaning of Old Norse word "arinn" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
arinn Old Norse word can mean:
- arinn
- s, m., dat. aarni = árni, Fs. 42, Rm. 2, [a word still freq. in Denmark and in Norway; Dan. arne, arnested; Norse aarstad, Ivar Aasen: in Icel. it is very rare]
- arinn
- 1. a hearth, Fs. (Vd.) 42; kom maðr um nóttina ok tók glæðr af árni, Sturl. ii. 101; þrjá vissa ek elda (fires), þrjá vissa ek arna (hearth-stones), Gh. 10; mæli malts af arni hverjum, viz. three for each farm (cp. arineldar, Gþl. 376), Hkr. ii. 384, Fms. x. 398, v. 101.
- arinn
- 2. as a law term, used in the phrase, fara eldi ok arni, to remove one’s homestead, fire and hearth together, Grág. ii. 253, 334 (where iarni is a corrupt reading). Now in Icel. eldstó.
- arinn
- 3. metaph. an elevated balcony, pavement, story, scaffold; stafir fjórir stóðu upp ok syllur upp í milli, ok var þar a. á, Fms. viii. 429; í miðju húsinu var a. víðr (raised floor) … en uppi á arninum var sæng mikil, v. 339, Karl. 190, Stj. 308.
- arinn
- β. of a ship, a hatchway, Edda (Gl.)
- arinn
- COMPDS: arinshorn, arinsjárn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- cp.
- compare.
- v.
- vide.
- viz.
- namely.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gh.
- Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vd.
- Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
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