Rá-skinn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Rá-skinn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 rá-skinn

n.; this dubious, obsolete word occurs in only four passages; in the Fb. (in both the passages), as also in the Fbr. from the vellum Arna-Magn. 132, it is spelt hraskinn, but no doubt erroneously, unless the h be a remains of a former v, qs. vráskinn, [for the proper origin of this word can only be from rá, f = cabin, though only used metaph.]:—a ‘cabin-skin,’ hammock (= húðfat, q. v.), an abode, refuge; þeir höfðu ráskinn hjá feðrum sínum, Fb. ii. 93; hann vildi eigi láta vera við bæ sinn ráskinn þeirra Þorgils ok Þormóðar, 102; Drottinn er minn styrkr, mitt r. ok frjálsati, the Lord is my strength, my hammock (i. e. refuge), and my deliverer, Stj. 51. Ps. xciv. 22. ráskinns-leikr, m. the game of hide and seek (?), Bárð. 174.

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛅ-ᛋᚴᛁᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

i. e.
id est.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
orig
original, originally.
prop
properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
qs.
quasi.
v.
vide, verb.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Arna-Magn.
Arna-Magnacanus.
Bárð.
Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)

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