SERKR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SERKR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SERKR

m., pl. serkir, [Old Engl. and Scot. sark; Dan. sœrk], a sark, shirt; þú skalt fara í serk minn, Fms. iii. 190; s. af sauðar-ullu, 180; serkr eða skyrta, Edda; tók ek hamar ór serk mér, Fms. x. 329; síðar slæðr, serk bláfán, Rm. 26; blóðgan hugðak mæki borinn ór serk þínum, Am. 23; serki valrauða, Akv. 4; hón tekr ór serk sér steina-sörvi mikit, Ísl. ii. 343; hann var svá, lítill af hafa mátti í serk sér, Edda; Gísli vermir höndina í serk sér, Gísl. 29; hafa dreng í serk sér, to have a man inside one’s sark, to be a bold true-hearted man, Fms. ix. 381: messu-s., a priest’s cope, Vm. 156: poët. of a shirt of mail, hring-s., járn-s., Lex. Poët.

2 SERKR

II. a ‘timber,’ a certain number, of skins; fjóra tigi serkja grárra skinna, Fms. xi. 325.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚱᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
pl.: plural.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
Scot.: Scottish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
Am.: Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)
Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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