Regn
Old Norse Dictionary - regn
Meaning of Old Norse word "regn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word regn can mean:regn
- regn
- n. [Ulf. rign = βροχή, and all Teut. languages], rain, Nj. 15, Eg. 528, Fms. vi. 136, x. 13, Fas. ii. 37, Gullþ 8, and passim: in poetry, málm-regn, stál-regn, rógskýja-regn, the weapon-rain, i. e. battle; dal-regn, the rain of the bow, i. e. arrows; regn augna, the rain of the eyes, i. e. tears, Edda ii. 500; brá-regn, id.; benja regn, wound-rain, i. e. blood: regn-býr, regn-höll, regn-salr, m. the rain-hall, i. e. the sky. Lex. Poët.
- regn
- COMPDS: regnbogi, regnél, regnglæra, regnligr, regnsamr, regnskúr, regnvatn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)