Kerti
Old Norse Dictionary - kerti
Meaning of Old Norse word "kerti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kerti can mean:kerti
- kerti
- n. [from Lat. cera, cp. Germ. kerze]:—prop. a wax candle, taper, used in church service, as also in attending great men, Dipl. iii. 4; stóðu kerti-sveinar með kertum, Fms. x. 149; brunnu kerti um allan kór, Bs. i. 311: of votive candles, en kertið var fimm álna langt, 347; hétu þeir at göra kerti þat er tæki um oxann, id.; með steyptum kertum, Stj. 43, Sturl. iii. 266; kertis görð, candle making, Bs. i.
- kerti
- COMPDS: kertagrind, kertahjálmr, kertaklofi, kertapípa, kertastika, kertastokkr, kertisljós, kertislog, kertisrak, kertisstafr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚱᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)