Flúr
Old Norse Dictionary - flúr
Meaning of Old Norse word "flúr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flúr can mean:flúr
- flúr
- n. [for. word; Lat. flos]
- flúr
- I. a flower, blossom, Fms. v. 345, Barl., Flor., Stj., Bs. ii, freq. in old translations, but now obsolete, except in a metaph. sense, a flowery style of writing.
- flúr
- II. flour, Fms. v.ii. 250, v. l., Bs. i. 707, 713.
- flúr
- COMPDS: flúrbrauð, flúrhleifr.
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:
- for.
- foreign.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)