Hringr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hringr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hringr" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hringr Old Icelandic word can mean:

hringr
(-s, ar), m.
hringr
1) ring, circle; slá hring um e-n, to make a ring around one; í hring, in a circle; hann fór í hring um skipit, he swam in a circle round the ship; með hringum, all around, altogether (brendu upp bœinn Með hringum);
hringr
2) ring (on the finger or arm, at the end of a chest, in a door, at the end of the hilt); link (in a chain).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᚾᚴᚱ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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