Hrót

Old Norse Dictionary - hrót

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrót" in English.

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

hrót Old Norse word can mean:

hrót: n. [Ulf. hrôt = στέγη, Matth. viii. 8, etc., = δωμα, ib. x. 27, Luke v. 19, xvii. 31]:—a roof, only in poetry; hjarta hrót, poët. the ‘heart’s-roof,’ the breast, Landn. (in a verse); hreggs hrót, the ‘gale’s-roof,’ the sky; leiptra hrót, the ‘lightning-roof,’ the sky; heims hrót, the ‘world’s-roof,’ the heaven, Lex. poët. hrót-gandr, m. ‘roof-wolf,’ fire; or hrót-garmr, m. id., Lex. poët.

hrót: 2. the roof near the outer door is in mod. usage called rót, f.

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

Abbreviations used:

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

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

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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

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