Flekkr
Old Norse Dictionary - flekkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "flekkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flekkr can mean:flekkr
- flekkr
- m., pl. flekkir, gen. flekkja, a fleck, spot, Stj. 124, Fms. x. 332, Nj. 68, Fb. i. 258: metaph. a blot, stain, Þorst. St. 51, H. E. i. 505; blóð-f., q. v.; án flekk, sine contaminatione, Mar.
- flekkr
- 2. a row of hay spread out for drying.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛁᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)