Rifr
Old Norse Dictionary - rifr
Meaning of Old Norse word "rifr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rifr
- m., gen. rifjar, [akin to rif], the beam on which the warp hung in the ancient loom; maðr telgði þar meið til rifjar, Rm. 15; reiði-ský rifs = the hanging cloud of the rifr, the warp, poët., Darr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Darr.
- Darraðar-ljóð. (A. III.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)