Jór
Old Norse Dictionary - jór
Meaning of Old Norse word "jór"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jór
- m., gen. jós, Ls. 13; dat. jó, Hm. 89; acc. jó, Hkv. 2. 47, Skm. 15, Kormak: plur. jóar, dat. jóm, Gm. 30, Hðm. 3; acc. plur. jóa, Hkv. 2. 38, but jói, 39; gen. plur. jóa, Gm. 43: [O. H. G. and Hel. ehu; in Goth. prob. aihvus; but as the Acts, Apocalypse, and Epistle of St. James are lost in the version of Ulf., we do not know the exact Goth. word for a horse: the Gr. ιππος (ικκος) and Lat. equus represent the uncontracted, the Teut. ehu, eô- (jó-r) the contracted form]:—a stallion, but only used in poetry; in mod. poets the r is wrongly kept as radical in plur. jórar, dat. plur. jórum: poët. also, borð-jór, siglu-jór, ‘board-steed,’ ‘sail-steed,’ = a ship.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- plur.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)