Roð
Old Norse Dictionary - roð
Meaning of Old Norse word "roð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word roð can mean:roð
- roð
- n. a fish’s skin (from the reddish colour), Eb. 276; roð af fiski, Clem. 25: freq. in mod. usage, þorsk-roð, háfs-roð, skötu-roð, steinbíts-roð, etc.
- roð
- 2. reddening, in hlunn-roð, sólar-roð.
- roð
- II. [a different word], clearing; flótta roð, Fas. iii. 340; flet-roð, q. v.; see ruð, rjóðtr, ryðja, hrjóða.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)