Blóð-risa
Old Norse Dictionary - blóð-risa
Meaning of Old Norse word "blóð-risa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- blóð-risa
- adj. ind. [Germ. blutrise = saucius, cruentus], bruised and bloody, Eb. 46; in the alliterative phrase, blár ok b., blue and bloody from blows, Grett. 147, Stj. 91: as to the root, cp. hár-ramr, the outside, but hold-rosa, u, f. a tanner’s term, the inside of a skin; yet blóðrisa in the MSS. is not spelt with a y.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᚦ-ᚱᛁᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)