Reyðr
Old Norse Dictionary - reyðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "reyðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word reyðr can mean:reyðr
- reyðr
- f., dat. and acc. reyði. pl. reyðar, [Ivar Aasen royr-hval; Faroic royur]:—a kind of whale, from its reddish colour; þat er enn eitt hvala-kyn er reyðr er kallat, Sks. 136; hafði rekit upp reyði mikla, í hval þeim áttu …, Eb. 292; fundu þeir reyði nýdauða, keyrðu í festar, Glúm. 392; reyðr var þar upp rokin bæði mikil ok góð, fóru til siðan ok skáru hvalinn, Fb. i. 545, Fas. ii. 148, Edda(Gl.): names of various kinds of whales are compds with this word, hrafn-reyðr, steypi-r., vagn-r.: reyðar-hvalr, m. = reyðr, Sturl. ii. 20; reyðar-síða, u, f. a nickname, Landn.
- reyðr
- II. a kind of trout, salmo alpinus, l. Edda (Gl.), Sturl. ii. 202; aurriða-fiski ok rðra (sic), Boldt 147; á-reyðr, a female trout: in Icel. local names, Reyðar-vatn, n. Trout-water; Reyðar-múli, a, m. Trout-mull, for the origin of the name see Sturl. ii. 202; Reyðar-fjörðr, m., in the east of Icel., prob. from the whale.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Boldt
- Boldt. (J. II.)