Hrjóðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hrjóðrMeaning 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.