Reistr
Old Norse Dictionary - reistr
Meaning of Old Norse word "reistr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- reistr
- m., gen. reistar, qs. vreistr, [cp. Engl. wrist], a twist; jarðar reistr, the ‘earth-twist,’ ‘earth’s curl,’ poët. a serpent, Bragi, see Bugge in Philol. Tidskr.:—a nickname, Landn., whence the local names, Reistar-á, Reistar-gnúpr, Landn., map of Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛁᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)