Reitr
Old Norse Dictionary - reitrMeaning of Old Norse word "reitr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- reitr
- m., qs. vreitr, acc. pl. reitu, Grág. i. 65, but usually reita; [from rita or ríta; Swed. vret]:—a square, a space marked out, a place sketched out, used of a bed in a garden, a square on a chessboard, and the like; gör þú með blóðrefli sverðsins níu reita umhverfis húeth;ina, Mar.; þrír reitar feis breiðir, út frá reitum skulu vera stengr fjórar, Korm. 86; níu reita rístr Þrándr alla vega út frá grindunum, Fæer. 184: þeir skulu rísta reitu tvá, Grág. i. 65; svá hit sama vóru ok reitir níu á taflborðinu, at annarr hverr var gyllr, enn annarr þaktr af hvítu silfri, Karl. 486; sátt er þeim lið allt er í sjóð kemr, en á reitum reitt, Gsp.; heima-menn eigu skála yztir ok reit á möl, of a place for drying fish, Vm 88, þess-háttar sjóreita kalla þeir m ð, Bs. ii. 145: göra reit, N. G. l. i. 241 (for sowing); næpna-reitr, q. v.; Guðs barna reitr, cp. Germ. Gottes-acker = a church-yard.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛁᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gsp.
- Getspeki Heiðreks. (A. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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