Reið-gotar
Old Norse Dictionary - reið-gotar
Meaning of Old Norse word "reið-gotar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- reið-gotar
- m. pl., older form Hreið-gotar, as seen from the alliterations in Vþm. 12; [A. S. Hrêð-gotnan]:—the name of an ancient people. Reiðgota-land, the land of the R., FaS. i. 366, FmS. i. 116.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛁᚦ-ᚴᚢᛏᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- R.
- Rimur.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)