Hryðja

Old Norse Dictionary - hryðja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hryðja"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hryðja
hruddi, = ryðja, [cp. hrjóða], to clear; hryðja dóm, h. kvið, a law phrase, to challenge, Grág. ii. 85, 237 new Ed.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚦᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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