Reifing

Old Norse Dictionary - reifing

Meaning of Old Norse word "reifing" in English.

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

reifing
f. a summing-up; sum mál dæmd sum búin til reifingar, Band. 6; um reifing, Grág. i. 63. reifingar-maðr, m. the person who sums up (see reifa), Grág. i. 63, Nj. 243.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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