Rýra
Old Norse Dictionary - rýra
Meaning of Old Norse word "rýra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word rýra can mean:rýra
- rýra
- ð, [Ulf. rjurjan = φθείρειν], to make small, merl. 1. 35
- rýra
- 2. part. rýrandi, diminisher, Lex. Poët.
- rýra
- II. metaph. to depreciate, disparage, make little of.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- part.
- participle.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.