SAURR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SAURR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SAURR

m., dat. sauri and saur; [remains with an inserted spurious k in Swed. skör-agtig = lewd, skör-lefnad = lewdness; cp. the derived words seyra and súrr]:—mud; var á róta mikil svá at ekki stökk saurr af jörðu, Bs. i. 334; jarðar-s., loam, Barl. 112; hlaupa í saur, to dabble in mud, Fs. 68; hann kvaðsk eigi vilja reiða eptir sér saur. 51; at engi saurr stökkvi af hestum yðrum ok; á konunginn, Sks. 365.

2 SAURR

2. dirt, excrements; eða hrindr maðr honum í vatn eðr í hland eðr í mat, eðr í saur, ok varðar þat allt skóggang, Grág. ii. 132; í sauri, 328; sem hann hefði í saurnum laugask, Fas. ii. 332; ausask sauri á, to throw dirt at one another, Bjarn. 33; fugla s., Stj. 620; saur ok fúlindi, Mar., Stj. 383, 642, Karl. 320; s. í kviði manns, Hom. (St.):—metaph., synda s., Hom. 45; s. illra verka, Greg. 18:—as a nickname, Landn.

3 SAURR

II. in local names, Saurar, Saur-bær, esp. the latter is freq. in Icel. of sour soil, swampy tracts, Landn.; hence prob. also Sorö (mid. Lat. Sora) in Denmark; these local names shew the oldest sense ot the word, cp. seyra.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛅᚢᚱᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gl
glossary.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mid. Lat.
Middle Latin.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
prob
probable, probably.
prob.
probable, probably.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)

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