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.)
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