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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ÞSjár Frag 4III

[4] rýtr (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘wails’: This strong verb is a hap. leg. which is cognate with OE rēotan ‘weep, lament, wail’, OHG riozan ‘weep’, MLG rēten ‘make noise, cry’ and OSwed. riuta ‘bellow’ (see AEW: rjóta).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.

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