Hreiðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hreiðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hreiðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hreiðr
- n. [Dan. rede, prob. akin to Ulf. vriþus = ἀγέμη; A. S. vræd; Engl. wreath; Swed. vrad; Dan. vraad;—all meaning a wreath, from vríða, to wreath]:—a bird’s nest, Grág. ii. 346, Gþl. 542, Greg. 55, FmS. vi. 153, Merl. 1. 26, Stj. passim; ara h., an eagle’s nest, Fagrsk. 146: the saying, sá er fuglinn vestr er í sitt h. drítr: hreiðr-böllr, m. a ‘nest-ball,’ an egg, Krók. 64 (in a pun), and hreiðr-balla, að, = eggja = to egg on, id. (a pun).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)