Roða-vetr

Old Norse Dictionary - roða-vetr

Meaning of Old Norse word "roða-vetr" in English.

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

roða-vetr
m., the winter of 1118 A. D. was thus called, prob. from red lights in the sky, Ann. s.a.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. D.
Anno Domini.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
prob.
probably.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.
Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
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