Kargr
Old Norse Dictionary - kargr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kargr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kargr
- adj. [mid. H. G. karc; Germ. karg; Dan. karrig], lazy, stubborn, as an ass; hann er svo kargr, heillin mín, hann nennir ekki neitt að gera, látum við strákinn stúdíera, Grönd.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grönd.
- Benedikt Gröndal.