Mærr

Dictionnaire vieux norrois - mærr

Signification du mot vieux norrois "mærr"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

Le mot vieux norrois mærr peut signifier :mærr

mærr
1. f. (i. e. mœrr), gen. mærar, dat. and acc. mæri:—a land, prop. border-land, only in poetry; mærar, Skálda 236 (in a verse); and in compds, blá-mœrr (q. v.), the blue land = the sea; borð-mœrr, máfa m., id.; dag-mærr, the day-land, i. e. the heaven; hauk-mœrr, the ‘hawk-land’ = the hand; Móins mær, serpent-land, i. e. gold. Lex. Poët.: the word remains in landa-mæri, border-land, and
mærr
II. in the local name Mæri, f. a county in Norway; Sunn-mæri, Norð-mæri, Fms. passim; whence Mærir, m. pl. the men of M.: Mæra-jarl, the earl of M., a name of earl Rögnvald, the ancestor of the dukes of Normandy and the earls of Orkney: Mærskr, adj. from Mæri, Fms. Mæri or Mærini, a famed temple in Drontheim in Norway: hann lagði Mærina-helgi á allan fjörðinn ok lét engu tortýna þar nema kvikfé heimilu, i. e. he made the whole fjord a sanctuary, extended the sanctuary to the length of the whole fjord, Landn. l. c.
mærr
2. adj., compar. mærri, mærstr; [Ulf. mers in waila-mers = εὔφημος; O. H. G. mâri]:—famous, glorious, great, Germ. herrlich, of persons; mjötuð mæran, Vsp. 2; mærir tívar, Hým. 4; mæran kon; inn mæri mögr Sigröðar, Kormak; ins mæra burar, Gm. 50; mærr jöfurr, Lex. Poët.: absol., báru mjöð mærar, Am. 8, 93; ena mæru Ingunni, Fms. viii. (in a verse); deyrat mildingr mæri (compar.), vi. 427: of things, í enum mæra Mímis-brunni, Vsp. 22; inn mæra fimbul-vetr, Vþm. 44; inn mæra mjöð, Skm. 16; mæran drykk mjaðar, Ls. 6; hrís þat et mæra, Akv. 5; inn mæri vöndr, Korm. 98 (in a verse): þjóð-mær, glorious.

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Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger

Abréviations utilisées :

acc.
accusative.
dat.
dative.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
prop.
proper, properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.
adj.
adjective.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
pl.
plural.
absol.
absolute, absolutely.
compar.
comparative.
Germ.
German.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.

Œuvres & Auteurs cités :

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Akv.
Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
Am.
Atla-mál. (A. II.)
Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Hým.
Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Skm.
Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
Vþm.
Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
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