Kara

Meaning of Old Norse word "kara"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word kara can mean:kara

kara

að, to clean off the kar, as ewes and cows do by licking their young.

kara

II. metaph. to finish off; það er allt ókarrað, ’tis all unlicked into shape, in a rough state; or, það er ekki nema hálf-karað, it is but half finished.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements