Kjöt-mangari

Old Norse Dictionary - kjöt-mangari

Meaning of Old Norse word "kjöt-mangari" (or kjǫt-mangari)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

kjöt-mangari (kjǫt-mangari)
a, m. a meat-monger, 1 Cor. x. 25 (whence Kjöbmagergade, in Copenhagen).

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kjöt-mangari may be more accurately written as kjǫt-mangari.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚢᛏ-ᛘᛅᚾᚴᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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