Reiðr
Old Norse Dictionary - reiðrMeaning of Old Norse word "reiðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- reiðr
- reið, reitt, adj., compar. reiðari, reiðastr, originally vreiðr, which form remains in the allit. poët. phrase, vega vreiðr, Fm. 7, 17, 30, Sdm. 27, LS. 15, 18, 27; [A. S. wrâð; Engl. wrath; Dan.-Swed. vred; derived from vríða, prop. meaning a-wry, contorted, which sense however is lost, and the word is only used in the metaph. sense]:—wrathful, angry, offended; þá mælti Þórr, gangi nú til einhverr ok fáisk við mik, nú em ek reiðr, Edda 33, Ó. H. 16; reiðr var þá Vingþórr er hann vaknaði, Þkv. 1; Gunnarr var reiðr mjök, Nj. 68; í reiðum hug, FmS. vi. 4, and passim; fok-r., bál-r., all-r., ú-reiðr: reiðr e-m, angry with one; hann var r. Einari, Eg. 694; konungr varð þessu mjök reiðr, FmS. i. 12: r. við e-t, id.; hann varð við þat reiðr mjök, Íb. 10.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- compar.
- comparative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fm.
- Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)