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hrán

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hrán, es; m.
A reindeer
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  • Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíf hránes fell

    a man of the highest rank has to pay five reindeer skins,

    • Ors. 1. 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 18, 20.

  • Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas; ðara wǽron syx stælhránas: ða beóþ swýðe dýre mid Finnum, forðæm hý fóþ ða wildan hránas mid

    those deer they call 'rein;' six of them [Ohthere's] were decoys: those are very precious among the Fins, for they catch the wild reindeer with them,

    • 10-12.
Etymology
[
Icel. hreinn, see Cl. and Vig. Dict.
]
Linked entries
v.  hrǽn.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hrán.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19644.

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