Rögnir

Old Norse Dictionary - rögnir

Meaning of Old Norse word "rögnir" (or rǫgnir) in English.

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

rögnir (rǫgnir): m., and Rögnuðr, a name of the chief deity = Odin, Lex. poët., Edda (Gl.); reið Rögnis, the wain of R., of the constellation ursa major (?), also called the wain of Odin, Sdm 15:—land-R. = a king, poët.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, rögnir may be more accurately written as rǫgnir.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

R.: Rimur.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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

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