HRÓT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HRÓT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HRÓT

n. [Ulf. hrôt = στέγη, Matth. viii. 8, etc., = δωμα, ib. x. 27, Luke v. 19, xvii. 31]:—a roof, only in poetry; hjarta hrót, poët. the ‘heart’s-roof,’ the breast, Landn. (in a verse); hreggs hrót, the ‘gale’s-roof,’ the sky; leiptra hrót, the ‘lightning-roof,’ the sky; heims hrót, the ‘world’s-roof,’ the heaven, Lex. Poët. hrót-gandr, m. ‘roof-wolf,’ fire; or hrót-garmr, m. id., Lex. Poët.

2 HRÓT

2. the roof near the outer door is in mod. usage called rót, f.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚱᚢᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

etc.
et cetera.
f.
feminine.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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