Gnerr
Old Norse Dictionary - gnerr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gnerr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gnerr
- m. [Chaucer’s gnarr], a knot or knob: metaph., stóð við þann gnerr nokkra daga, it stopped at that ‘gnarr,’ i. e. it lasted, for some days, Fms. viii. 263, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᛁᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)