Definitions
Definitions
1 hroði
a, m. [hrjóða II], refuse, offal, Fær. 186; dún-h., refuse of eiderdown; medic. excretion.
2 hroði
2. = hrjá, a rout, riot, Fbr. 8; cp. also hryðja. hroða-vænligr, adj. likely to cause a row, Njarð. 366.
3 hroði
II. metaph. a rough, brutal man.
4 hroði
COMPDS: hroðalega, hroðalegr, hroðamenni, hroðaskapr.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
hroði
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "hroði" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).