Rauðr

Old Norse Dictionary - rauðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "rauðr" in English.

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

rauðr Old Norse word can mean:

rauðr
adj., rauð, rautt, compar. rauðari, rauðastr, [common to all Teut. languages, although it appears not in Ulf. himself, but in the Skeirings]:—red; rautt klæði, Nj. 35; rauðr hestr, Fs. 67: rautt skegg, Fb. iii. 246; blátt eða rautt, Grág. ii. 13; rauðr sem blóð, Ísl. ii. 220; rautt gull, ÞiðR. 187; rautt berg, a red quarry, Bs. i. 830:—phrases, rautt brennr fyrir, ‘red burns afar,’ i. e. there is some hope yet; taldi enn nokkut rautt mundu fyrir brenna, Fms. viii. 34, Fs. 68; snýta rauðu, to spout blood, Fb. i. 412, Karl. 149; falda rauðu, to wear a red hood, to die a bloody death, Landn. (in a verse):—neut., et rauða, the yolk of an egg, pr. 472:—metaph. bloody. fierce, arch, rauðr víkingr = rauða-víkingr, Fms. xi. 121; see rauðahaf, rauðarán, rauðkinni:—various shades of red, fagr-R. fair-red, Vsp.: dreyr-R., crimson; dumb-R., chestnut-red: dökk-R., dark-red; mó-R., coffee-coloured.
rauðr
2. in local names, Rauða-mýrr, Rauð-á, Rauði-gnúpr, Rauða-fell, Rauði-melr, Rauði-lækr, Rauði-sandr, Rauða-skriða, Rauða-vatn, Landn., from the reddish colour of bogs and moorlands, which was supposed to be a sign that there was iron in the soil; whence Rauðæ-ingar, Rauð-melingar, Rauð-lækingar, Rauð-sendir, the men from R., Landn., Sturl.: in pr. names, Rauðr, Rauð-úlfr, Landn.
rauðr
B. COMPDS: rauðbleikr, rauðbrúnaðr, rauðbrúnn, rauðbúinn, rauðdropóttr, rauðeygðr, rauðflekkóttr, rauðfreknóttr, rauðgulr, rauðhárr, rauðklæddr, rauðleitr, rauðlita, rauðlitaðr, rauðlitr, rauðmengjaðr, rauðsíðóttr, rauðskeggjaðr, rauðskjöldóttr, rauðumskjaldi.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
compar.
comparative.
f.
feminine.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
neut.
neuter.
Teut.
Teutonic.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
pr.
proper, properly.
R.
Rimur.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
Þiðr.
Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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