Reðr
Old Norse Dictionary - reðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "reðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- reðr
- n. pl. [Dan. ræder; cp. also hreðjar], the genitals, esp. of a beast, phallus; flennt reðr, Fb. ii. 335 (in a verse), iii. 427 (in a verse); hest-reðr, Fms. vi. 194 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)