Rýja
Old Norse Dictionary - rýja
Meaning of Old Norse word "rýja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rýja
- rý, rúði or rýði, part. rúinn, [Scot. roo], prop. to pluck the wool off sheep instead of shearing, as is still done in Icel.; rýja gemlinga, Sd. 155; hann görði Loptr rúinn, L. pulled it off, of a twig, Fsm.: the word is freq. in mod. usage, metaph., hnígr þá úr höndum mér, harpan strengja rúin, the harp stripped of its cords, Núm. (fine); ó-rúinn, unplucked.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- part.
- participle.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)