Hrjóðr

Old Norse Dictionary - hrjóðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrjóðr" in English.

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

hrjóðr Old Norse word can mean:

hrjóðr: 1. m. [A. S. hroder], poët. one of the heavens, Edda (Gl.); whence hrjóðr-leika, u, f. the sun, id.

hrjóðr: 2. m. a destroyer, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

f.: feminine.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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