Róða
Old Norse Dictionary - róða
Meaning of Old Norse word "róða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word róða can mean:róða
- róða
- u, f. (róði, a, m., Vm. 32, and in the name Róðadrápa below), [a word borrowed from the A. S. rôd; Engl. rood, cp. rod; Germ. ruthe]:—the rood, holyrood, crucifix, FmS. v. 136, 344, 345, viii. 247. Symb. 20, Rb. 370, Hom. 97, Pm. 77, and passim, but only in this eccl. sense.
- róða
- COMPDS: róðukross, róðukyrtill.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)