Ráða

Viking Language Dictionary - ráða

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "ráða"

ráða
vb (VII) [w dat] to advise, counsel; rule, govern, manage; réð lǫndum ruled over (his) lands; þat var ráðit it was decided; ráða at + dat attack réð at húskǫrlum Flosa attacked Flosi’s men; ráða fyrir [e-u] rule over [sth]; ráða um við [e-t] deliberate or think about [sth];

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᚱᛅᚦᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᚱᛆᚦᛆ

Abbreviations used:

adv
adverb
dat
dative
e-t
einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
e-u
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
m
masculine
sth
something
var
variant
vb
verb
w
with
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