Hjarrandi

Old Norse Dictionary - hjarrandi

Meaning of Old Norse word "hjarrandi" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hjarrandi
a, m. a mythical name, the Demodokus or Orpheus of the old Teut. legends, Edda 89: A. S. Heorrenda; in old Germ. poems called Horant. Hjarranda-ljóð, n. pl. the lay or tune of H., a charmed tune on the harp, FaS. iii. 223 (Bósa S.): a mod. metre in the Ballads (Rímur) is, if we remember right, still in Iceland called Hjarranda-lag, the tune of H. (see Bartsch’s Ed. of Kudrun, pp. i. x, xvii, and the sixth Aventiure of Kudrun, inscribed ‘wie suoze Horant sanc’ = how sweet H. sang).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅᚱᚱᛅᚾᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
S.
Saga.
Teut.
Teutonic.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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