Rauða-rán

Old Norse Dictionary - rauða-rán

Meaning of Old Norse word "rauða-rán" in English.

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

rauða-rán
n. a ‘red robbery,’ a law term, a kind of aggravated robbery liable to skóggang, defined in Grág. ii. 191; graves adhuc immanesque rapinas ro boran cognoininare solemus, Saxo Grammat. i. 353.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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