Rudda

Old Norse Dictionary - rudda

Meaning of Old Norse word "rudda" in English.

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

rudda
u, f. a coarse kind of club (of an unbarked tree?); ruddu er menn kalla klubbu, Ó. H. 108, 109, Fas. iii. 229. ruddu-vetr, m. the name of a severe winter, A. D. 1022; as lurkr of the winter 1601.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. D.
Anno Domini.
f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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