Hár-rætr
Old Norse Dictionary - hár-rætr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hár-rætr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hár-rætr
- or hárs-rætr, f. pl. the line on the scalp, esp. on the forehead, where the hair begins, [cp. Ivar Aasen baargard]; upp í hársrætr, upp í hársrótum, Eg. 305, Sturl. iii. 283.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚱ-ᚱᛅᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)