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At-rið

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3 definitions

1 at-rið

now atriði, n.

2 at-rið

1. = atreið, movement, in the phrase, hann hafði allt eitt atriðit, he did both things at once, in the twinkling of an eye, Grett. 95 new Ed.

3 at-rið

2. a gramm. term in the compd atriðs-klauf, f. probably = ασύνδετον, Edda (Ht.) 124, cp. Ed. Havn. ii. 154, cp. Skálda 193; atrið would thus mean a word, sentence. It is now very freq. in the form atriði, n. in a metaph. sense, the chief point in a sentence, or a part, paragraph, and used in many compds. Atriðr, m. is one of the poët. names of Odin, the wise (?).
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

at-rið

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "at-rið" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
compds.
compounds.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gramm.
grammar.
Havn.
Havniensis.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
part
participle.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
prob
probable, probably.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)

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