Hrútr
Old Norse Dictionary - hrútr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrútr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hrútr can mean:hrútr
- hrútr
- m. a ram, Grág. i. 427, 502, 503, Grett. 148, Rd. 260, Fs. 25. Stj. 580, pr. 478, Fms. xi. 149: the zodiacal sign, Rb. 1812. 17: spec. phrases, svá sem börn göra hrúta með fingrum sér, as children make rams with their fingers, i. e. by twisting their fingers into the shape of rams’ horns, Fms. v. 348, a child’s game still well known in Icel.; skera hrúta, to snore aloud (cp. hrjóta B), Stef. Ól.; so, ic hrúti = sterto in king Alfred’s Gr.
- hrútr
- II. as a pr. name Hrútr; in local names, Hrúts-staðir, Hrúta-fjörðr, Hrút-ey, Landn.
- hrútr
- COMPDS: hrútaber, hrútaberjalyng, Hrútfirðingr, hrútlamb, hrútmál, hrútsfall, hrútsgæra, hrútshorn, hrútahöfn, hrútshöfuð, hrútsmark, hrútsreyfi, hrútssvið.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- spec.
- specially.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Stef. Ól.
- Stefán Ólafsson.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)