Kinn-roði
Old Norse Dictionary - kinn-roði
Meaning of Old Norse word "kinn-roði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kinn-roði
- a, m. ‘cheek-blushing,’ blush of shame, 655 xx. 3, Hom. 53, Anecd. 6, Stj. 325, Bs. i. 856, Mar., passim; göra e-m kinnroða, to put one to shame, Stj. 423.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᚾ-ᚱᚢᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)