Bein-serkr
Old Norse Dictionary - bein-serkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "bein-serkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bein-serkr
- m., medic. ‘bone-jack,’ an abnormal growth, by which the under part of the thorax (the lower ribs) is attached to the spine; as a cognom., Fas. iii. 326; cp. Bjorn s. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛁᚾ-ᛋᛁᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cognom.
- cognomen.
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- nom.
- nominative.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)