Definiciones
Definiciones
1 reynir
1. m. a trier, examiner, Edda 68, Lex. Poët.
2 reynir
2. m. [Dan. rönne], the rowan-tree (Lat. ornus), Edda passim. In a few Icel. local names, Reynir, Reyni-kelda, Reyni-nes, Reyni-staðr, Reyni-vellir, Landn., Map of Icel.; these names mark places with small rowan-groves at the time of the Settlement,—the only sort of tree, except the dwarf birch, which was found in Icel.
3 reynir
COMPDS: reyni-lundr, runnr, m. a rowan-grove, Edda 60, Sturl. i. 5, 6, Grett (in a verse). reyni-viðr, m. rowan-wood, Sturl. i. 6. reyni-vöndr, m. a rowan-wand, Sturl. i. 6. The rowan was a holy tree consecrated to Thor, see the tale in Edda of the rowan as the help of Thor (Þors-björg); for mod. legends of the rowan see Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 641 sqq.
Inscripción rúnica
Inscripción rúnica
reynir
El texto rúnico anterior representa la palabra nórdica antigua "reynir" como podría aparecer en inscripciones rúnicas de la Era Vikinga (c. 800-1100 d.C.).