Val-rauf
Old Norse Dictionary - val-rauf
Meaning of Old Norse word "val-rauf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- val-rauf
- n. = valrof, [O. H. G. wala-raupa; A. S. weal-reáf], spoils, prop. the robbing the slain, cp. Gr. ἔναρα, Lat. spolia, Bragi (in the verse Hkr. i. begin.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛚ-ᚱᛅᚢᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- begin.
- beginning.
- cp.
- compare.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)