Kveld-riða
Old Norse Dictionary - kveld-riða
Meaning of Old Norse word "kveld-riða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kveld-riða
- u, f. an ‘evening-rider,’ night-hag, witch, riding on wolves in the twilight, Hkv. Hjörv. 15, Hallfred, Lex. Poët.; Þorbjörn stefndi Geirríði um þat at hón væri k., Eb. 46; hón var fjölkunnig, ok hin mesta k., Fas. iii. 650; kveldriðu stóð, the ‘ogress-steed’ = the wolves, Hallfr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᛚᛏ-ᚱᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.