Rein

Old Norse Dictionary - rein

Meaning of Old Norse word "rein" in English.

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

rein: f., dat. reinu, e. g. mark-reinu, kaup-reinu, Gþl. 460, 485; sef-reinu, Lex. poët.; pl. reinar; [Scot. rins]:—a strip of land, freq. in mod. usage; mark-rein, skógar-rein (q. v.), a strip of woodland; kaup-rein, a market-place: poët., ragna rein, the heavenly strip, i. e. the rainbow. Hd.; geð-rein, the mind’s strip, i. e. the breast; svana flug-rein, swan’s pinion-strip, i. e. the sky, Harms. 44: in circumlocutions, baug-rein, rein steina, = a woman, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

pl.: plural.

poët.: poetically.

q. v.: quod vide.

Scot.: Scottish.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Hd.: Hús-drápa. (A. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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