Rauða-rán
Old Norse Dictionary - rauða-rán
Meaning of Old Norse word "rauða-rán"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rauða-rán
- n. a ‘red robbery,’ a law term, a kind of aggravated robbery liable to skóggang, defined in Grág. ii. 191; graves adhuc immanesque rapinas ro boran cognoininare solemus, Saxo Grammat. i. 353.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᚱᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)