Rá
Old Norse Dictionary - ráMeaning of Old Norse word "rá" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
rá Old Norse word can mean:
- rá
- 1. f., gen. rár, with the article rárinnar, Fbr. 133; flat, and acc. rá, with the article rána, ránni, n. G. l. ii. 282; pl. rár, rá, rám: [Dan. raa; Swed. rå; Shetl, rae]:—a sail-yard, Skálda 162. n. G. l. i. 100; en ef rá brestr í aktaumum eða fyrir útan eða innan, ii. 283; rár langar, Hkv. 1. 48; við miðja rá, Orkn. 356 (in a verse); drekar báru blá segl við rá, Ó. H. 161 (in a verse); brotnaði ráin, Korm. 178; gengr í sundr segl-rá, Fbr. 132; siglu-tréit ok rána, Fms. xi. 143; látið nú koma féit í seglit ok hefla upp um rána, vi. 381; seglit var heflat upp við rána, Nj. 135; festa seglit við rána, Fbr. 133: allit., skip með rá ok reiða, Finnb. 278; meðr rá ok öllu reiði. D. n. iii. 160; rár-endi, rár-hlutr, id.
- rá
- 2. metaph. a pole on which fish are hung for drying: poët., rá-fákr, m. a ‘sail-yard nag,’ i. e. a ship, Lex. poët.
- rá
- 2. f. (nom. ŕ, Skálda Thorodd). originally vrá, [Dan. vraa; Swed. vrå]:—a corner, nook; rá (ŕ) er hyrning húss, Skálda 162; leyniligar róar (rár, v. l.) helvítis fylsna, Sks. 536; verja forskálann ok húsin, stóð þar fremstr við rána Jón toddi, Sturl. ii. 249; kleif í rá hverja. Am. 58.
- rá
- 2. a cabin on board ship. Edda (Gl.); as also in the saying, skammar eru skips rár, short, small are the ship’s cabins, giving small accommodation, Hm. 73, (skipsins eru skammar rár, Mkv.); cp. rá-skinn, a ‘cabin-skin,’ hammock.
- rá
- 3. f. a roe: veiða rauðdýri ok rá, Barl. 137, Bev. 11.
- rá
- 4. n. [Swed. rå], a landmark; hence perh. the poët., rás seil, rás fagrsili, the thong of the mark, i. e. a snake, Merl. 2. 1, 12: rás viðr, perh. landmark palings (?), Hm. 152; see also rámerki; the word is obsolete in Icel., but is freq. in early Swed. in the allit, phrase rå och rör.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- nom.
- nominative.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- perh.
- perhaps.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Mkv.
- Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bev.
- Bevus Saga. (G. II.)
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)