Undir-rót
Old Norse Dictionary - undir-rót
Meaning of Old Norse word "undir-rót"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- undir-rót
- f. the ‘under-root,’ origin, prime cause of a thing, Grett. 124 A, Sturl. ii. 4, Ó. T. 1, Bs. i. 796, Pass. 16.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚾᛏᛁᚱ-ᚱᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. T.
- Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar. (E. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)