Flór

Old Norse Dictionary - flór

Meaning of Old Norse word "flór"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

flór
m. [for. word; A. S. flôr; Engl. floor; O. H. G. fluor; Germ. flur; Dutch vloer]:—a floor, pavement, in Icel. only used of the floor of a cow-stall, Bjarn. 32; moka flór, to clean the floor. FaS. ii. 341: in Norway = cow-stall, Bk. 98, D. n. i. 233. flór-fili, n. floor-deals, n. G. l. i. 38.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Engl.
English.
for.
foreign.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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