Reifr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Reifr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 reifr

adj. glad, cheerful; gladr ok reifr, Hm. 14; heima glaðr ok við gesti reifr, 102; er Guðmundr reifr við þá ok veitir þeim stórmannliga, Ísl. ii. 388; reifr gékk herr und hlífar, Edda (in a verse); bjór-r., cheerful from wine, Ls. 18; hug-r., joyful of heart, Hallfred; böð-r., gunn-r., her-r., hjaldr-r., ‘war-glad,’ Lex. Poët., a standing epithet of a warrior, which reminds of Tacitus’ ‘Germani, laeta bello gens.’

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᛁᚠᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
Germ
German.
gl
glossary.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)

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