Reyra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - reyra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "reyra" in Norwegian.

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

reyra: reyra, v. (rð) 1) omvikle, omvinde med Traad eller Baand (e-u), surre (jvfAasen 628b60); var hón (nL. örin L. 8)auðkend því, at hón (var) gulli reyrðJómsv. 6217 (Flat. I, 16210; Fm. XI, 651)jvf gullvafið ör Fm. X, 35621 (OT. 5630);hann lét gera járnkróka - ok strengijafnmarga - ok reyrði járni Flat. II,233; ogsaa reyra e-t með e-u eller viðe-t: lét hann leggja strengi reyrða meðjárni af hamrinum fram o. s. v. Pr. 3629;lét hann upp setja gulli búna veðrvitaok lét reyra stengr ok allar höfuð-bendur við gull Mag. 617. 2) fastbinde, surre noget til en Ting; hann var bund-inn at höndum ok fótum ok reyrðrsterkliga við einn ás Fld. III, 27027;kaupmenn - höfðu hvert fat á skipiok lögðu út á álinn ok lágu þar umstrengi; Sturlusynir lögðu at ferjunumok vildu höggva strengina, en kaup-menn höfðu reyrt járn við strenginaSturL. I, 21032.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚽᛦᚱᛆ
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:

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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