Róði
Old Norse Dictionary - róði
Meaning of Old Norse word "róði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word róði can mean:róði
- róði
- 1. a, m. = róða, Vm. 32. Róða-drápa, u, f. the name of a poem, Ó. H.
- róði
- 2. a, m., poët. the wind, tempest, represented as a giant; Róða vá-bróðir, the woful brother of R. = the Sea-giant or Egir, StoR.: in prose this ancient word remains in and-róði, a counter-wind, and in the phrase, leggja (or láta) fyrir róða, to cast to the winds, forsake; þvíat ek man eigi, at ek hafa heima-mann minn fyrir róða látið, Lv. 28, Hom. (St.); láta allir ýtar Oðins ætt fyrir róða, Hallfred; at þú látir mik eigi fyr róða, Harms. 53: the mod. láta fyrir óðal (‘fyrir-óða’) is a corruption of ‘fyrir róða.’
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- poët.
- poetically.
- R.
- Rimur.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)