Klerkr
Old Norse Dictionary - klerkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "klerkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klerkr can mean:klerkr
- klerkr
- m. [from Lat. clericus], a cleric, clerk, scholar; góðr klerkr (beau-clerk), Fms. ix. 531, x. 111; Rikini var klerkr góðr (a good clerk), bæði diktaði hann vel ok versaði, Bs. i. 239; Aristoteles með klerka-sveit sína, Al. 8; hann skildi görla Völsku þvíat hann var góðr k., El.; Paris klerkr, a Paris clerk, one who has studied in Paris, Fb. ii. 475; vitr ok góðgjarn ok k. mikill, Fms. i. 229; Eiríkr konungr var vitr maðr ok góðr k. ok kunni margar tungur, xi. 298; svá görir ok inn skilningslausi, ef hann kemr frá skóla, þá hyggsk hann þegar vera góðr k., Sks. 247.
- klerkr
- 2. a clergyman, clerk, esp. of the minor orders; klerk eðr klaustra-manni, K. Á. 40; fjórir tigir presta ok mart klerkar, Sturl. ii. 6.
- klerkr
- 3. a parish-clerk as in Engl.; messu-prestr skal engi leiðangr göra, né kona hans né klerkr hans, n. G. l. i. 97, iii. 77, D. n. passim: a nickname, Orkn.
- klerkr
- COMPDS: klerkafólk, klerkalýðr, klerkamál, klerkasiðir, klerkasveinn, klerkasveit, klerkasöngr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- esp.
- especially.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)