Diskr
Old Norse Dictionary - diskr
Meaning of Old Norse word "diskr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- diskr
- m. [a for. word: from Gr. δίσκος; Lat. discus; A. S. and Hel. disc; Engl. desk and disk; Germ. tisch]:—a plate; þá vóru öngir diskar, Ísl. (Heiðarv. S.) ii. 337, O. H. l. 36, FmS. i. 259, BS. i. 475; silfr-d., gull-d., silver and gold plate are mentioned as a present given to a king, O. H. 154, cp. Fb. iii. 332; both the words used in this sense, diskr and skutill (Lat. scutellum, Germ. schüssel) are of for. origin; cp. also Rm. 4, 39: in the earliest times small movable tables also served as plateS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛋᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- for.
- foreign.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Heiðarv. S.
- Heiðarvíga Saga. (D. II.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)