Kurra

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Kurra

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 kurra

að, [Dan. kurre, of the whirr of birds of the grouse kind], to murmur, grumble; hvat sem ér Danir kurrit, Fms. xi. 246; kurraði þat hverr í sínum híbýlum, Sturl. iii. 127; vinnumenn ok þrælar kurruðu um þat, at …, Fms. i. 33; bændr kurruðu ílla, Orkn. 40; kurruðu bændr mjök, Fms. vi. 191; hví sitja bændr eigi niðr ok hlýða eyrendi, en kurra eigi svá, Fb. ii. 393.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚢᚱᚱᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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