Rauð-kembingr
Old Norse Dictionary - rauð-kembingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "rauð-kembingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rauð-kembingr
- m. a fabulous whale or sea monster, K. Þ. K. 138, Sks. 129, Eggert Itin. 545, Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 631.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚢᚦ-ᚴᛁᛘᛒᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)