Darraðr
Old Norse Dictionary - darraðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "darraðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word darraðr can mean:darraðr
- darraðr
- m., gen. ar, [A. S. dearod; Engl. dart; Fr. dard; Swed. dart]:—a dart, Hkm. 2 (in the best MSS.), cp. DL, where vefr darraðar simply means the web of spears; the common form in poetry is darr, n., pl. dörr, vide Lex. Poët., in mod. poetry dör, m., Úlf. I. 16, 4. 47, 7. 61; the word is probably foreign and never occurs in prose.
- darraðr
- 2. a sort of peg, Edda (gl.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚱᚱᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Hkm.
- Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Úlf.
- Úlfars-rímur.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)