Definitions
Definitions
1 rifja
að, to rake hay into rows (rifgarðar); rifja hey, Eb. 260, and in mod. usage.
2 rifja
II. to repeat (akin to reifa); mikil skynsemi er at r. vandliga þat, Edda 14: in the phrase, rifja e-ð upp, r. upp harm sinn, to rip up one’s sorrow, Clem. 45; r. e-ð upp fyrir sér, to go over with oneself, as to what one has learnt, but half forgotten.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
rifja
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "rifja" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).