Fúrr

Old Norse Dictionary - fúrr

Meaning of Old Norse word "fúrr"

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

fúrr
m. (not furr, but with the vowel long, cp. fúrs, skúrum, Vellekla), [A. S. fŷre; Engl. fire; O. H. G. fiûr; Germ. feuer; Gr. πυρ]:—fire, only in poetry and poët. compds, never in prose, Lex. poët.; vide eldr, p. 125.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᚱ
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.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
Gr.
Greek.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
poët.
poetically.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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