ýr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ýr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ýr

1. or yr, prep. = ór (q. v.), a freq. spelling in vellums; slík duga betr en springi yr, Skálda (Thorodd).

2 ýr

2. f. = úr, a drizzling rain: a pr. name of a woman, Landn.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

acc.
accusative.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
Gr.
Greek.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
lit.
literally.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
pr.
proper.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Hallgr.
Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
Höfuðl.
Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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