Ræksni
Old Norse Dictionary - ræksni
Meaning of Old Norse word "ræksni"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ræksni can mean:ræksni
- ræksni
- a, m., prob. qs. vræksni, [from ríða = to knit?]:—a mesh; skulu vér leysa ræksna (rexna Cod.) tortrygðar hans, 623. 26; konu svá nakta at aldrei beið á hana ríðanda ræksn (better rærksna), Sd. 188; hann reið á ræxna (acc. pl.) svá sem net eru síðan, Edda i. 182.
- ræksni
- II. metaph. rœksni, n. a rag riddled with holes like a net, freq. in mod. usage: the gut of a fish, from the mesh-like appearance.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚴᛋᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- Cod.
- Codex.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
- qs.
- quasi.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)