Roða-vetr
Old Norse Dictionary - roða-vetr
Meaning of Old Norse word "roða-vetr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- roða-vetr
- m., the winter of 1118 A. D. was thus called, prob. from red lights in the sky, Ann. s.a.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚦᛅ-ᚢᛁᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)