Hræla

Old Norse Dictionary - hræla

Meaning of Old Norse word "hræla" in English.

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

hræla
að, older ræla, to beat a loom with a weaver’s rod; hún hrælaði vefinn með gullhræl, Od. v. 62, hrælaðr örum, Darr.; h. dún, to shake eider-down on a frame to cleanse it.

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

Abbreviations used:

v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Darr.
Darraðar-ljóð. (A. III.)
Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
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