Kárína

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Kárína

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 kárína

u, f. [through Fr. carême, from Lat. quadragesima], a fast of forty days, ordered as a penance in the old eccl. law, H. E. i. 521, ii. 189, 191. kárínu-fasta, u, f. = kárína, Sturl. ii. 231.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛅᚱᛁᚾᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

eccl: ecclesiastical.
eccl.: ecclesiastical.
f.: feminine.
Fr: French in etymologies.
Fr.: French in etymologies.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.

Works & Authors

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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