Rudda
Old Norse Dictionary - rudda
Meaning of Old Norse word "rudda"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rudda
- u, f. a coarse kind of club (of an unbarked tree?); ruddu er menn kalla klubbu, Ó. H. 108, 109, Fas. iii. 229. ruddu-vetr, m. the name of a severe winter, A. D. 1022; as lurkr of the winter 1601.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)