Rít
Old Norse Dictionary - rít
Meaning of Old Norse word "rít"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rít
- f., pl. rítr, qs. vrít, [from ríta, from the ‘written’ or carved ring on old shields]:—a shield, but obsolete and only used in poetry, Korm., Edda (in a verse), passim; himins rít = heaven’s disk, i. e. the sun, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.