Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *reudaną, cognate with Old English rēodan. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red).

Verb edit

rjóða (singular past indicative rauð, plural past indicative ruðu, past participle roðinn)

  1. to redden
    • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5:
      Hitt vas fyrr, / at fold ruðu
      sverðberendr / sínum dróttni. []
      It happened before, / that the sword-bearers
      reddened the ground / with [the blood of] their lord. []

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