Runi

Old Norse Dictionary - runi

Meaning of Old Norse word "runi" in English.

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

runi
a, m. [renna], a flux; in merg-runi (q. v.), vegg-runi, = eavesdropping; hall-runi, ‘lava-stream,’ the name of a mountain in western Icel.

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

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Abbreviations used:

Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

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