Reynir
Old Norse Dictionary - reynir
Meaning of Old Norse word "reynir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word reynir can mean:reynir
- reynir
- 1. m. a trier, examiner, Edda 68, Lex. Poët.
- reynir
- 2. m. [Dan. rönne], the rowan-tree (Lat. ornus), Edda passim. In a few Icel. local names, Reynir, Reyni-kelda, Reyni-nes, Reyni-staðr, Reyni-vellir, Landn., Map of Icel.; these names mark places with small rowan-groves at the time of the Settlement,—the only sort of tree, except the dwarf birch, which was found in Icel.
- reynir
- COMPDS: reyni-lundr, runnr, m. a rowan-grove, Edda 60, Sturl. i. 5, 6, Grett (in a verse). reyni-viðr, m. rowan-wood, Sturl. i. 6. reyni-vöndr, m. a rowan-wand, Sturl. i. 6. The rowan was a holy tree consecrated to Thor, see the tale in Edda of the rowan as the help of Thor (Þors-björg); for mod. legends of the rowan see Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 641 sqq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚢᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)