Reiði

Old Norse Dictionary - reiði

Meaning of Old Norse word "reiði" in English.

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

reiði Old Norse word can mean:

reiði: 1. n., prop. ‘implements,’ the rigging of a ship; nú fyrnisk skip, förlask reiði (reiðir Ed.), Gþl. 77; knörr með rá ok reiði, Bs. i. 411; enda skal hann fá húsrúm til reiðis þeirra, Grág. (Kb.) ii. 71; gjald fyrir róðr ok reiði ok allar útvinnur, Fms. v.ii. 173; þeir tóku frá reiðin öll frá skipunum, xi. 142.

reiði: 2. harness; góðir hestar með enu bezta reiði, Fms. xi. 193; hestr með öllu reiði, Edda 38; söðul-reiði, Ó. H. 15.

reiði: 2. a, m. tackle, rigging, all that belongs to a ship; bjarga skipi ok reiða, Gþl. 371; skip, reiða ok árar, Ó. H. 103; langskip með reiða öllum, Eg. 35; allr var reiði vandaðr mjök með skipinu, 68; róðrar-skútu ok þar með reiða allan, svá tjöld ok vistir, 76; setja upp skip þeirra eðr búa um reiða þeirra, Ld. 82; reiða-fang, -kaup, purchase of rigging, n. G. l. i. 197, 199, Jb. 387.

reiði: 2. the harness of a horse, Fms. v. 41, Grág. ii. 262, Eg. 547, 579, Edda 38: mod. the crupper of a saddle.

reiði: COMPDS: reiðalaust, reiðaspell.

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

Similar entries:

Reiði (II)

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

prop.: proper, properly.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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