Jösurr
Old Norse Dictionary - jösurr
Meaning of Old Norse word "jösurr" (or jǫsurr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jösurr (jǫsurr)
- m. a pr. name, Hdl.; perhaps derived from Norse jase = a hare, Ivar Aasen.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, jösurr may be more accurately written as jǫsurr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᛋᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.