Hrafn-reyðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hrafn-reyðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrafn-reyðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hrafn-reyðr
- f. a kind of whale; also called hrefna, balaena (medio) ventre plicato, Edda (Gl.), Eggert Itin. 542.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛅᚠᚾ-ᚱᛁᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.