Hreðjar
Old Norse Dictionary - hreðjar
Meaning of Old Norse word "hreðjar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hreðjar
- and hreðr, f. pl. [A. S. hreder = viscera], the scrotum, N. G. l. i. 81, Edda 46, Grett. (in a verse); hest-reðr, FmS. vi. 194 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᚦᛁᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)