Dreif
Old Norse Dictionary - dreif
Meaning of Old Norse word "dreif"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dreif can mean:dreif
- dreif
- f. scattering; á dreif, id.; á víð ok dreif, scattered abroad, Grönd. 166.
- dreif
- 2. a chain; haukr bundinn í gull-dreifum, and haukrinn komst hvergi þvíat dreifarnar héldu honum, El. (Fr.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛁᛁᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grönd.
- Benedikt Gröndal.
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.