Hrá-skinn
Old Norse Dictionary - hrá-skinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrá-skinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hrá-skinn
- n. ‘raw-skin:’—but used (it is hard to say why) in the sense of a shelter, refuge; höfðu þeir hráskinn hjá feðrum sínum (v. l. hald ok traust), Fbr. 8; Guð, drottinn er minn styrkr ok stuðning, ok mitt ráskinn ok frjálsari, Stj. 51. hráskinns-leikr, m. a kind of game, ‘hide and seek (?),’ Bárð. 174.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛅ-ᛋᚴᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)