Hræll
Old Norse Dictionary - hræll
Meaning of Old Norse word "hræll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hræll
- m., but ræll seems the true form, the h being spurious, [cp. A. S. reol; Engl. reel, = Gr. κερκίς, Od. v. 62]:—a weaver’s rod or sley, Nj. 275; dún-hræll, a stick to clean eider-down.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.