Rauði
Old Norse Dictionary - rauði
Meaning of Old Norse word "rauði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rauði
- a, m. red iron-ore, haematite, from which the Norse settlers wrought iron (whence rauða-blástr, m. = the forging of haematite); hann bjó í Dalsminni (in western Icel.), hann blés fyrstr manna rauða á Íslandi. ok var hann af því kallaðr Rauða-Björn, Landn. (Melab.) 71; Skallagrímr var járnsmiðr mikill ok hafði rauða-blástr mikinn á vetrinn, Eg. 141, cp. the description in Sks. 162, 163; for remains of furnaces found in Icel. see Eggert Itin. ch. 575. 719, 720: for the phrase rauða undr, the red wonder Sks. l. c.:—ore, hann (Saturnus) fann ok rauða þann í jörðu er hann blés gull af, Edda (pref.) 148.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚢᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pref.
- preface.
Works & Authors cited:
- Björn
- Biörn Halldórsson.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)