Rán

Old Norse Dictionary - rán

Meaning of Old Norse word "rán" in English.

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

rán Old Norse word can mean:

rán
f., dat. Rán, Hkv. i. 30, Hkv. Hjörv. 18; Ráni, Gg. 6, is a corrupt passage; [this word cannot be related to the preceding]:—the name of the giant-goddess the queen of the sea; she was wife of Egir, mother of the Nereids, called Ránar-dætr; all that perished in the sea came and abode with her; Rán átti net, þat er hón veiddi í menn alla þá er á sæ kómu, Edda 66, 69, Eb. 274, FaS. ii. 77, Eb. ch. 54, Friðþ. S. ch. 6; þat höfðu menn fyrir satt, at þá væri mönnum vel fagnat at Ránar, ef sjódauðir menn vitjaði erfis síns, Eb. l. c., Stor. 7; sitja at Ránar, FmS. vi. 376 (in a verse); ræsis rekka er þú mundir Rán gefa, Hkv. Hjörv. 18:—the allit. phrase, Rán ok Regin, was a form of oath, Ölk. 36: in poët. circumlocutions, dýnu Rán = a woman, Hallfred; ósk-rán.
rán
COMPDS: Ránardætr, Ránar-land, -salr, -vegr, Rán-heimr, Lex. poët. rán-boðr, m. the bed of Rán, the bottom of the sea, FaS. ii. 77 (in a verse).

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

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Abbreviations used:

allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
ch.
chapter.
dat.
dative.
f.
feminine.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
lit.
literally.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetically.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
þ.
þáttr.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gg.
Grógaldr. (A. II.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Hkv. Hjörv.
Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
Stor.
Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
Ölk.
Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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