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.)