Hreði
Old Norse Dictionary - hreði
Meaning of Old Norse word "hreði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hreði can mean:hreði
- hreði
- a, m., mod. hroði, offal, rubbish, refuse, Eluc. 41 (spelt hröði).
- hreði
- II. [A. S. hryðer = a heifer], poët. a bull, Edda (Gl.): in local names, Hreða-vatn, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)