1 HRÚTR
m. a ram, Grág. i. 427, 502, 503, Grett. 148, Rd. 260, Fs. 25. Stj. 580, Pr. 478, Fms. xi. 149: the zodiacal sign, Rb. 1812. 17: spec. phrases, svá sem börn göra hrúta með fingrum sér, as children make rams with their fingers, i. e. by twisting their fingers into the shape of rams’ horns, Fms. v. 348, a child’s game still well known in Icel.; skera hrúta, to snore aloud (cp. hrjóta B), Stef. Ól.; so, ic hrúti = sterto in king Alfred’s Gr.
2 HRÚTR
II. as a pr. name Hrútr; in local names, Hrúts-staðir, Hrúta-fjörðr, Hrút-ey, Landn.
3 HRÚTR
COMPDS: hrútaber, hrútaberjalyng, Hrútfirðingr, hrútlamb, hrútmál, hrútsfall, hrútsgæra, hrútshorn, hrútahöfn, hrútshöfuð, hrútsmark, hrútsreyfi, hrútssvið.