Kaun
Old Norse Dictionary - kaun
Meaning of Old Norse word "kaun"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kaun can mean:kaun
- kaun
- n. a sore, of wounds and scabs, Bs. ii. 20 (in a verse), Mar.; fullr kauna, Luke xvi. 26: freq. in mod. usage is the phrase, blása í kaunin, to blow on one’s sores, of fingers burnt, sore, or cold, Grönd. 46, = ὁ δ ἄλγεε και χέρ ἐφύση of Theocr. 19. 3.
- kaun
- 2. the Rune ᚴ, see introduction to letter K.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grönd.
- Benedikt Gröndal.
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)