Hróðugr
Old Norse Dictionary - hróðugr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hróðugr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hróðugr
- adj. [Ulf. hrôþeigs; A. S. hréðig], triumphant, Vkv. 18, LS. 45: glorious, Gm. 19, Ad. 9, Lex. poët.: as also in poët. compds, vin-h., al-h.: freq. in mod. usage in the sense of boasting, triumphant.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚦᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)