Ár-angr
Old Norse Dictionary - ár-angr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ár-angr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ár-angr
- rs, m. [ár = annona], gener. a year, season, = árferð; also the produce of the earth brought forth in a year (season), which is at present in the east of Icel. called ársali, v. árferð; skapaðist árangrinn eptir spásögu Jóseps, 655 vii. 4; ok at liðnum þeim vetrum tók á. at spillast, Gþl. 77; mun batna á. sem várar, Þorf. Karl. (A. A.) 111: the mod. use is only metaph., effect, result; so e. g. árangrs-laust, n. adj. without effect, to no effect.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱ-ᛅᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- gener.
- generally.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- A. A.
- Antiquitates Americanae. (E. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Þorf. Karl.
- Þorfinns Saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)