Mar-rein
Old Norse Dictionary - mar-reinMeaning of Old Norse word "mar-rein" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mar-rein
- f. the sea line, in marreins-bakki, a, m. = marbakki, the bank where the deep and shallow water meet; nú hittir maðr sel fyrir ofan marreinsbakka, N. G. l. ii. 149 (v. l. marbakka); hann skal biðja hann heima vera meðan hann rær fyrir útan marreinsbakka eða gengr fyrir ofan garð, i. 89; þá skal hann ganga útan garðs eða fara út um marreinsbakka, ok fara aptr til húss síðan, 23.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚱ-ᚱᛁᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)