Óð-ræði
Old Norse Dictionary - óð-ræðiMeaning of Old Norse word "óð-ræði" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- óð-ræði
- n. counsel of wisdom or a council (?); hverr mér hugaðr á hlið standi, annarr þegn við óðræði, what other man shall stand by my side, as a friend, in the council? i. e. where am I now to look for friendly help and comfort? Stor. 14; this we believe is the bearing of the passage, and not as explained in Lex. Poët. (= a row, tumult, fight, from óðr, adj.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚦ-ᚱᛅᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- i. e.
- id est.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)