RANI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

RANI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 RANI

a, m. a hog’s snout, Fb. ii. 27; brendan rana af svíni, Fms. vi. 365 (in a verse); tún-svín þat er hringr eða knappr eða við sé í rana, Grág. ii. 232; of a snake, ein naðra gróf inn sínum rana, Fas. i. 220.

2 RANI

2. of the snout-shaped battle-order, (cp. svínfylking, hamalt); Eríkr konungr fylku svá liði sínu, at rani var á framan á fylkingunni, ok lukt allt útan með skjaldborg, Fms. xi. 304; þó at raninn verði harðsóttr á fylking hans, Fb. ii. 43; Hringr hafði svínfylkt liði sínu … rani var í brjósti, Fas. i. 380, cp. ‘acies per cuneos componitur,’ Tacit. Germ. ch. 6, and ‘Germani ex consuetudine sua phalange facta,’ Caesar B.G. i. ch. 52.

3 RANI

3. a hog-shaped hill or elevation.

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛅᚾᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
ch.
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)

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