Amstr
Old Norse Dictionary - amstr
Meaning of Old Norse word "amstr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- amstr
- n. [cp. Germ. amsteig = palearium], a rick, Orkn. 448, an απ. λεγ.: amstr now means toil: cp. amstrast, að, to toil.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛘᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)