Hrotti
Old Norse Dictionary - hrotti
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrotti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hrotti can mean:hrotti
- hrotti
- a, m., poët. a sword, Edda (Gl.), Lex. poët.: metaph. a coarse, rude fellow; sá inn heimski h., Fms. ii. 161; hinn gamli hrottinn, Grett. 118 A, Karl. 534.
- hrotti
- COMPDS: hrottalegr, hrottaskapr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᛏᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.