Rífa

Meaning of Old Norse word "rífa"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word rífa can mean:rífa

rífa

ríf, reif, reift, reif, pl. rifu; subj. rifi; part. rifinn; imperat. ríf, rífðu; when in the sense to pick, scratch, it is also spelt and sounded hrífa, q. v.: [Engl. rive; Dan. rive]:—to rive, tear; þeir létu dýr ok hrafna rífa hræin, Hkr. i. 39; vætt klæði mín, rifit ok únýtt með öllu, Fms. i. 264; var þar hverr fiskr ór roði rifinn, Eb. 276; þeir reyttu ok rifu, Fms. ii. 161; rífa hold af beinum, Magn. 531; þeir rifu af ræfrit af selinu, Ld. 280; rífa klæði af sér, Ó. H. 236: rífa ofan, to pull down, Nj. 279; rífa niðr, id., Grett. 50 new Ed.; rífa í sundr, to rive asunder, Boll. 350, Nj. 279; rífa e-n kvikan í sundr, to tear asunder alive, Fms. ix. 261; at sól rifi í sundr (rived) nýja timbr-veggi, i. 291.

rífa

2. to rend; klukka rifin, a cracked bell, Pm. 81:—impers. to be rent, ok reif seglit (acc.), Fms. ix. 387; ok reif ór æsunum, Edda 71:—rífa aptr, to rip up; Þórólfr vildi eigi at aptr væri rifit sárit, Eb. 244.

rífa

B. usually spelt hrífa, to pick; fóru ungmenni tvau at hrífa mosa, to pick moss, Bs. i. 329: rífa upp, to pull up (a thing by the roots), pick up; rífa upp hrís (also rífa hrís), to pull up shrubs for fuel, Grág. ii. 263, 288.

rífa

2. to scratch; þeir hrífa upp í höfuð sér ok reyta sik, scratched their heads, Fms. v. 161; bíta mann eðr hrífa, Grág. ii. 133: hann lét hrífa sér með kömbum, Fb. i. 212; hann vaknar ok hrífr í augun, rubs his eyes, Fb. ii. 96.

rífa

3. to grasp; akkerin hrífa við, Ld. 76; þá hrífu við akkerin, Fms. x. 136, v. l.; ok hreif þegar við, it took effect, Bs. i. 197; hann brýtr upp gólfit ok hrífr þar ok rannsakar snæblandna mold, 198; see the references under hrífa.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements