Risna
Old Norse Dictionary - risna
Meaning of Old Norse word "risna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- risna
- u, f. (spelt ristna, Fb. i. 362, ii. 227), hospitality, munificence; r. ok örlæti, Fms. ii. 118; hann lofaði risnu Þórarins, v. 315; hvárki var nú minni rausn né risna í búinu en áðr, Band. 3; ek veit risnu þína, at þú munt taka við honum, Lv. 26; varð þeim mart talat um risnu Sveins, Orkn. 464. risnu-maðr, m. a hospitable man, Fb. ii. 227.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛋᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)