Rann

Old Norse Dictionary - rann

Meaning of Old Norse word "rann" in English.

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

rann Old Norse word can mean:

rann: n., pl. rönn, Ó. H. 23 (in a verse), Hkr. iii. 43, 74 (in a verse); gen. pl. ranna, Gm. 24: [Ulf. razna = οἰκία; A. S. ræsn; this ancient word is obsolete in prose, but remains in the Engl. law term ransack, prop. ‘house-search’]:—a house; ossum rönnum í, Skm. 14; at háfu Heljar ranni, Vtkv. 3; rymr varð í ranni, FaS. i. 492 (in a verse); styrr varð í ranni, Hðm. 24; sköptum er rann rept, Gm. 9; í væru ranni, 13; ranna þeirra er ek rept vita, 24; í ranni Randvés, Bragi: in prose, in the saving, opt er þat í karls húsi, er ekki er í konungs ranni, FaS. iii. 155:—poët., sólar rann, éla rann, the sun-hall, tempest-hall = the sky; aldar rann, man’s abode = the earth; óðar rann, the mind’s house = the breast; Sörla rann, Reifnis rann = a shield, Lex. poët.; and in compds, ský-rann, glygg-rann, há-rann, hregg-rann, þey-rann, the sky-hall = heavenly vault; hval-rann, a whale’s home = the sea; fjör-rann, life’s house = the breast; dverg-rann, a dwarf’s house = the rocks; leg-rann, the bed’s room = the house; mjoð-rann, mead’s hall = a drinking-hall; auð-rann, a treasury; böl-rann, bale’s abode = death, etc., Lex. poët. The word is still used by Icel. poets, but is masc. rannr, though it is still neut. in poems of the 16th century, heilagt rann, … rannið friða, BS. ii. 309 (a poem of 1540); it is freq. even in mod. hymns, í heimsins rann, Hallgr.; sælu-ranns, PasS. 25. 10.

rann: II. in a pr. name, Rann-veig, Landn., and perh. Rann-verr, also spelt Rand-verr.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gen.: genitive.

gl.: glossary.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

masc.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

neut.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

poët.: poetically.

prop.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

perh.: perhaps.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

Hallgr.: Hallgrímr Pétrsson.

Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Skm.: Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)

Vtkv.: Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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