Rang-æskr
Old Norse Dictionary - rang-æskr
Meaning of Old Norse word "rang-æskr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rang-æskr
- adj. and Rangæingar, m. pl. the men from the county Rangár-vellir in Icel.: Rang-á, f. the Rang-water, i. e. the ‘wrong, crooked water’ (?), prob. thus called from the angle or bend near Oddi, for in old times the Thwerá was but a small tributary river until the Markarfljót broke into its bed; cp. Dan. Wrange-bek, Dipl. Arnam. i. 22.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚾᚴ-ᛅᛋᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)