Hrá-skinn

Old Norse Dictionary - hrá-skinn

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrá-skinn" in English.

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

hrá-skinn: n. ‘raw-skin:’—but used (it is hard to say why) in the sense of a shelter, refuge; höfðu þeir hráskinn hjá feðrum sínum (v. l. hald ok traust), Fbr. 8; Guð, drottinn er minn styrkr ok stuðning, ok mitt ráskinn ok frjálsari, Stj. 51. hráskinns-leikr, m. a kind of game, ‘hide and seek (?),’ Bárð. 174.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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