Viðrini
Old Norse Dictionary - viðriniMeaning of Old Norse word "viðrini" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- viðrini
- n. [an obscene word, not recorded in old writers, but etymologically remarkable, not being related to the prep. við, but akin to A. S. wræne = libidinosus; the preservation of the initial v by turning it into ‘við’ is similar to vágrek, q. v.]:—an impotent person, viðrinis-legr, adj. impotent, and metaph. false, spurious.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦᚱᛁᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.