Riða
Old Norse Dictionary - riða
Meaning of Old Norse word "riða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- riða
- að, to tremble as from age or infirmity; hann riðaði nokkut lítið, Sturl. i. 20; hann gékk við tvær hækjur ok riðar á báðar síður, Grett. 161, freq. in mod. usage: of the eyes of an infant, riðuðu augu, Rm. 18; riða skip, Fms. ix. 377, is prob. a mere error = reisa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)