Rygr
Old Norse Dictionary - rygrMeaning of Old Norse word "rygr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
rygr Old Norse word can mean:
- rygr
- f., gen. rygjar, dat. and acc. rygi, pl. rygjar, FaS. i. 497:—a lady, housewife, Lat. matrona; rygr heitir sú kona er ríkust er, Edda 108; þann mann (a person to be adopted) skal leiða á reka (rekks?) skaut ok rygja(r), n. G. l. i. 209; rygr kvaðsk eiga inni álfa-blót, Sighvat; aldin rygr, an old lady, Kristni S. in a verse, (of a priestess); rygjar blóð, Sól. (dubious): baug-rygr (q. v.), a matron who receives of the baugr (weregild), enjoying the rights of an agnate.
- rygr
- II. in local names, Rygjar-dalr, Sól.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Kristni S.
- Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
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