Reikanarmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - reikanarmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "reikanarmaðr" in Norwegian.

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

reikanarmaðr
reikanarmaðr, m. omstreifende Person, Land- stryger som ikke har noget Hjem eller fastOpholdssted; sá maðr var þar fyrir ágistingu, er Víðfari hét, hann var reik-unarmaðr, hljóp hann á milli landshornaHœnsn. 7 (1438); Otkell var reikunar-maðr, hann fór með konu ok bar keröldaf Ströndum til sölu Sturl. I, 31921.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚽᛁᚴᛆᚿᛆᚱᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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