ruðningnafnorðkvenkynf. (ruðningr, m., Nj. 235, v. l.), [ryðja], a challenging, of neighbours or judges in the old Icel. court, Grág. i. 29, 33, 52, Nj. 82, 87, passim. ruðningar-mál, n. pl. the formula of a challenge, Grág.i. 27, Nj. 237.