Definitionen
Definitionen
1 Rín
f. the Rhine, Akv. 27, Bkv. 11, Bm., Gm., Edda, Symb., passim; the fem. gender (masc. in Germ. der Rhein, Lat. Rhenus) prob. arose from the appellative, (áin Rín, the river Rhine); Rínar-kvíslir, -ósar, Ant. 288: in poetry gold is called Rínar-málmr, Rín-leygr,—the ore or the fire of the Rhine, referring to the legends of the Niebelungen Hort, Lex. Poët.
Runeninschrift
Runeninschrift
Rín
Der obige Runentext stellt das altnordische Wort "Rín" dar, wie es in Runeninschriften aus der Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1100 n. Chr.) erscheinen könnte.