Hret
Old Norse Dictionary - hret
Meaning of Old Norse word "hret"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hret
- n. a tempest, storm, Edda 99, Hkr. i. 282: freq. in mod. usage, esp. of a lasting storm and tempest, viku-hret, hálfs-mánaðar-hret, a tempest lasting a week or fortnight; Þorra-hret, Jónsmessu-hret, a tempest in the month of Thorri, on St. John Baptist’s day; kafalds-hret, a snow storm.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)