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Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ýr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry
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Definitions

Definitions

2 definitions

1 ýr

1. or yr, prep. = ór (q. v.), a freq. spelling in vellums; slík duga betr en springi yr, Skálda (Thorodd).

2 ýr

2. f. = úr, a drizzling rain: a pr. name of a woman, Landn.
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ýr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "ýr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

acc.
accusative.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
Gr.
Greek.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
lit.
literally.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
pr.
proper.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Hallgr.
Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
Höfuðl.
Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)

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