At-reið
Old Norse Dictionary - at-reið
Meaning of Old Norse word "at-reið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word at-reið can mean:at-reið
- at-reið
- f. (milit.) a riding at, a charge of horse, FmS. vi. 417, in the description of the battle at Stamford Bridge: Hkr. iii. 162 has áreið, but some MSS. atreið, vii. 57. β. the act of riding at or over, Nj. 21; esp. in the translation of French romances of tilting in tournaments, Str. (freq.)
- at-reið
- COMPD: atreiðarásS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏ-ᚱᛁᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- lit.
- literally.
- milit.
- military.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)