REIN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

REIN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 REIN

f., dat. reinu, e. g. mark-reinu, kaup-reinu, Gþl. 460, 485; sef-reinu, Lex. Poët.; pl. reinar; [Scot. rins]:—a strip of land, freq. in mod. usage; mark-rein, skógar-rein (q. v.), a strip of woodland; kaup-rein, a market-place: poët., ragna rein, the heavenly strip, i. e. the rainbow. Hd.; geð-rein, the mind’s strip, i. e. the breast; svana flug-rein, swan’s pinion-strip, i. e. the sky, Harms. 44: in circumlocutions, baug-rein, rein steina, = a woman, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᛁᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

dat.
dative.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
pl.
plural.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
q. v.
quod vide.
Scot.
Scottish.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hd.
Hús-drápa. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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