Blakkr
Old Norse Dictionary - blakkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "blakkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blakkr can mean:blakkr
- blakkr
- 1. m. (for. word), a sort of measure, N. G. L. i. 324.
- blakkr
- 2. m., poët. a horse, cp. Blanka, the mythical horse of Thideric (Dietrich) of Bern, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- for.
- foreign.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- cp.
- compare.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.