Hreða
Old Norse Dictionary - hreða
Meaning of Old Norse word "hreða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hreða can mean:hreða
- hreða
- u, f., mod. form hræða, a bugbear, bogle; at jafnan myndi vera nokkurar hreður í Miðfirði … hefir þar jafnan verit deilu-gjarnara en í öðrum héruðum, Þórð. 59 new Ed.; svá segir mér hugr um, at sjaldan muni hreðu-laust í þessu héraði, 22.
- hreða
- 2. in mod. usage in western Icel. hræða or hreða means a scarecrow, whence metaph. hræða, a poor, harmless creature; as also, það sást eingin hræða, not a soul was to be seen.
- hreða
- II. a nickname, Þórð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)