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.)
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