Rá-skinn

Old Norse Dictionary - rá-skinn

Meaning of Old Norse word "rá-skinn" in English.

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

rá-skinn: n.; this dubious, obsolete word occurs in only four passages; in the Fb. (in both the passages), as also in the Fbr. from the vellum Arna-Magn. 132, it is spelt hraskinn, but no doubt erroneously, unless the h be a remains of a former v, qs. vráskinn, [for the proper origin of this word can only be from rá, f = cabin, though only used metaph.]:—a ‘cabin-skin,’ hammock (= húðfat, q. v.), an abode, refuge; þeir höfðu ráskinn hjá feðrum sínum, Fb. ii. 93; hann vildi eigi láta vera við bæ sinn ráskinn þeirra Þorgils ok Þormóðar, 102; Drottinn er minn styrkr, mitt r. ok frjálsati, the Lord is my strength, my hammock (i. e. refuge), and my deliverer, Stj. 51. Ps. xciv. 22. ráskinns-leikr, m. the game of hide and seek (?), Bárð. 174.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

qs.: quasi.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Arna-Magn.: Arna-Magnacanus.

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Magn.: Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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