Rigna

Old Icelandic Dictionary - rigna

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "rigna" in English.

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

rigna
(-di, -dr), v. to rain upon, wet with rain (var hann með engu móti rigndr eða vátr); impers., rignir, it rains; with dat., þar með rigndi á þá blóði vellanda, it also rained boiling blood on them.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚴᚾᛅ

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
impers.
impersonal.

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