- RÆGJA
- malign* * *(i. e. rœgja) or older vrœgia; [róg; Ulf. wrohjan = κατηγορειν; Hel. wrogjan; A. S. wregjan; O. H. G. rôjan; Germ. rägen; Swed. röje]:—to slander, defame, Grág. ii. 99, 309, Eg. 54, 56, Fms. i. 100, iii. 153, vii. 132, Nj. 166. MS. 655 xvii. 1; rægja menn saman, Jb. 292: part. rægjandi, a defamer, Edda 56; rogendr = rœgendr, pl., Kormak.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.