Land-reki
Old Norse Dictionary - land-reki
Meaning of Old Norse word "land-reki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- land-reki
- a, m. a ‘land-wreaker,’ protector of the land, poët. a king, Hkv. 1. 32, Edda (Gl.), Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏ-ᚱᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.