Röðr
Old Norse Dictionary - röðrMeaning of Old Norse word "röðr" (or rǫðr) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- röðr (rǫðr)
- m. in the latter part of pr. names, [Goth. and old Scandin. -rid, in Wodu-rid], Guð-röðr, Sig-röðr (whence by metathesis Sigurðr), Hún-röðr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, röðr may be more accurately written as rǫðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.