LETR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

LETR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 LETR

n. [from Lat. litera], letters; í framflutning máls ok letri, Skálda 181; til letrs ok bóka-gerðar, Bs. i. 790: type, letters, characters, Latínu-letr, Latin letters; sett-letr, múnka-letr, ‘monks’-letters’ = black-letter; höfða-letr = the angular letters found in inscriptions on old tombstones; Rúna-letr, Runic letters; galdra-letr, magical characters:a letter, writ, Jm. 19. letrs-háttr, m. a mode of writing, alphabet, Skálda 160.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
n.
neuter.
Runic
Runic.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Jm.
Jóns-máldagi. (J. I.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)

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