Trani
Old Norse Dictionary - traniMeaning of Old Norse word "trani" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
trani Old Norse word can mean:
- trani
- a, m.; this is the oldest form and gender, whence later, trana, u, f.; the masc. form occurs in Höfuðl. 10 (tranar); tranann, acc., FmS. x. 50, 353, 354; trananum, 304; traninn, 347, 350, Ó.T. 52; tranann, 32; but Tronona, trönu, 55, ll. 19, 23; tranann, trana, 64, l. c. (in an older vellum): in the verse of Hallfred (FS. 209) Trönu should be Trana; cp. also Fagrsk. ch. 76, 80; [A. S. crân; Dan. trane]:—a crane, FaS. iii. 359, Art. 86, Str. 67, Edda (Gl.): metaph. as the name of a ship, FmS.: of a sword, Edda (Gl.)
- trani
- 2. a snout = rani, FmS. iv. 58 (but rani, Fb. ii. 27, l. c.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛅᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- masc.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Art.
- Artus-kappa Sögur. (G. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
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