Rauða-víkingr
Old Norse Dictionary - rauða-víkingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "rauða-víkingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rauða-víkingr
- m. a ‘red viking,’ great pirate, Þorst. Stang. (begin.), Fms. xi. 121.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- begin.
- beginning.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)