Tál-hreinn
Old Norse Dictionary - tál-hreinnMeaning of Old Norse word "tál-hreinn" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tál-hreinn
- m. a decoy-reindeer, used as a stale or lure to catch other deer, a απ. λεγ. in Haustl. 3, for this prob. is the sense; and this may have been the very Norse word that Óttarr (Ohthere) used to king Alfred, and which the king rendered into English by stæl-hrânas; but see hreinn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛚ-ᚼᚱᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)