Kantari
Old Norse Dictionary - kantari
Meaning of Old Norse word "kantari"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kantari
- a, m. in kantara-kápa, u, f. [eccl. Lat. cantare], a bishop’s gown, Fms. viii. 197, Hkr. ii. 175: a priest’s gown, Am. 95, Bs. i. 324, 847. kantara-sloppr, m. id., Bs. i. 324, v. 1.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚾᛏᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)