Kárr
Old Norse Dictionary - kárr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kárr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kárr
- m. [A. S. cerre; Ivar Aasen kaara], a curl or curls in the hair; svartr á hárslit ok kárr í hári hans mikill, Post. 645. 66; rendering of ‘capillo nigro et crispo:’ a pr. name, Kárr, Landn.; and as a nickname in þunn-kárr, thin-haired; gull-kárr, gold curl; örðlu-kárr, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)