Kæsir
Old Norse Dictionary - kæsir
Meaning of Old Norse word "kæsir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kæsir
- m. rennet from a calf’s maw, used to curdle milk, for making cheese and skyr (q. v.), freq. in mod. usage. kæsis-gras, n., botan. butterwort, pinguicula, Hjalt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛋᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- botan.
- botanically.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.