Rauði

Old Norwegian Dictionary - rauði

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "rauði" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

rauði: rauði, m. 1) Myrmalm hvoraf smeltes Jern (jvf russ. rudá, kv. rauta, lapp.ruovdde, lith. rúda se Ahlqvist de vest-finska språkens kulturord s. 62; se og Olafsens Reise s. 407 fg. 663; KaalundI, 379); á því landi (nl. Island) ermalmr sá mikill, er járn skal af gera,ok kalla menn þann malm rauða eptirmállýzku sínni, ok svá kalla menn hérmeð oss (nl. i Norge, jvf járnvinna;se og A. C. Smith Beskrivelse over Try-sild Pgld. i Topogr. Journal XIX, 32 fgog J. Krafts Beskr. over Norge I, 583 fg),en sá malmr hefir verit œrinn einndag fundinn -, ok blása þar ok gerajárn af; þá hefir sá rauði horfit svá íbrott, at engi maðr veit, hvar hannkom niðr, ok er þat kallat á því landirauðaundr Kgs. 3731-35. 2) Malm (eller Sand) i Alm.; hann fann ok rauða þanní jörðu, er hann blés af gull SE. I, 149.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᛆᚢᚦᛁ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

Alm.: Almindelighev.

fg.: følgende.

gr.: græft.

gld.: gammeldensk.

lapp.: lappisk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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