Dreif

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Dreif

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 dreif

f. scattering; á dreif, id.; á víð ok dreif, scattered abroad, Grönd. 166.

2 dreif

2. a chain; haukr bundinn í gull-dreifum, and haukrinn komst hvergi þvíat dreifarnar héldu honum, El. (Fr.)

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᛁᛁᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
f.
feminine.
Fr
French in etymologies.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.

Works & Authors

El.
Elis Saga. (G. II.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Grönd.
Benedikt Gröndal.
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