KER

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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1 KER

n. [Goth. kas = σκευος; O. H. G. char; mid. H. G. kar; Dan. kar]:—a tub, vessel, Grág. ii. 339, Fs. 137, Bs. i. 336, 339, 340, Fms. vii. 150; hvert ker kann verða svá fullt at yfir gangi, Sturl. iii. 282: for fishing, göra garða eðr ker, Grág. ii. 350: valit ker, a chosen vessel, 656 C. 13, Matth. xxv. 4, Mark xi. 16, Luke viii. 16, Rom. ix. 21, 22, 1 Thess. iv. 4, 2 Tim. ii. 21, Rev. ii. 27: a goblet, Fms. x. 236, Js. 78, Hm. 18, 51: a chest, Gh. 7; aus-ker, a bucket, cp. Yngl. S. ch. 14; öl-ker, an ale cask, Orkn. 246; vín-ker, a wine cask; sýru-ker, Bs. i. 336; váð-ker = vestiarium; skap-ker = Gr. κρατήρ; gull-ker, leir-ker, silfr-ker, a gold, earthen, silver vessel: poët., vind-ker, the wind basin = the sky, Egil; ker svefna, ‘basins of sleep’ or ‘tear-basins’ = the eyes, Gísl. (in a verse).

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Goth.: Gothic.
Gr.: Greek.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
lit: literally.
m.: masculine.
mid. H. G.: Middle High German.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gh.: Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Js.: Járnsíða. (B. III.)
Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Yngl. S.: Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)

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