Ker
Old Norse Dictionary - ker
Meaning of Old Norse word "ker"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- 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).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- 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.)