Endr-rjóða

Old Norse Dictionary - endr-rjóða

Meaning of Old Norse word "endr-rjóða"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

endr-rjóða
adj. ind. downcast, forlorn; Ketill kvað þá mjök e., K. said that they were much cast down, disheartened, Fas. ii. 16, Fspl. 12; it occurs only in these two passages, see a note of Dr. Scheving to Fspl. l. c., where he says that the word still survives in the east of Icel.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᛏᚱ-ᚱᛁᚢᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fspl.
Forspjalls-ljóð. (A. I.)
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