Rauða-víkingr

Old Norse Dictionary - rauða-víkingr

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

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

rauða-víkingr
m. a ‘red viking,’ great pirate, Þorst. Stang. (begin.), Fms. xi. 121.

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

Abbreviations used:

begin.
beginning.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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