Raup

Old Norse Dictionary - raup

Meaning of Old Norse word "raup" in English.

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

raup
n. boasting, Grett. 131; karla raup, an old man’s boasting (‘when I was young’); whence the phrase, vera kominn á raups-aldrinn, to have reached the boasting time of old age.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
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