Tál-hreinn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Tál-hreinn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 tál-hreinn

m. a decoy-reindeer, used as a stale or lure to catch other deer, a απ. λεγ. in Haustl. 3, for this prob. is the sense; and this may have been the very Norse word that Óttarr (Ohthere) used to king Alfred, and which the king rendered into English by stæl-hrânas; but see hreinn.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛅᛚ-ᚼᚱᛁᛁᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Engl
English.
gl
glossary.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
prob
probable, probably.
prob.
probable, probably.
απ. λεγ.
απαξ. λεγόμενον.

Works & Authors

Haustl.
Haustlöng. (A. I.)

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