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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