Apal-grár
Old Norse Dictionary - apal-grár
Meaning of Old Norse word "apal-grár"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- apal-grár
- adj. dapple-gray, i. e. apple-gray, having the streaky colour of an apple (cp. Fr. pommelé), of a horse, Nj. 274, Karl. 426, Landn. 93 (where it is used of a river horse); of an ox, uxi a. at lit, Ld. 120.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛒᛅᛚ-ᚴᚱᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)