Ráði
Old Norse Dictionary - ráði
Meaning of Old Norse word "ráði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ráði
- a, m. a boar, Edda (Gl.), Skálda 205 (in a verse); as a curse on a Runic stone, ráði tekr þár runsi rúnum þimsum, may the boar take them who confound these Runes! Rafn 165; cp. the phrases, verða at rata, see rati (for verða at ráða?), and verða at gjalti = to run mad, see göltr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)