Klungr
Old Norse Dictionary - klungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "klungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klungr can mean:klungr
- klungr
- m., the r is radical, [klungr, Ivar Aasen]:—a bramble; millum klungra ok hagþyrna, Barl. 18, 139; þorn ok klungr, Stj. 38; milli þorna ok klungra, 47; með klungrum ok hvössum hagþornum, 395, (‘spinis tribulisque’ of the Vulgate); þyrni, klungr, ok allt annat íllgresi, Fms. v. 159; rósan vex upp á milli klungra ok þyrna, Hom. (St.); sem rós hjá klungrum, Gd. 6: poët., hræ-k., carrion-thorn, poët. for a weapon, Merl. 1. 36, Lex. poët.
- klungr
- II. metaph., in Icel., where there are no thorns, any rough ground is called klungr; hraun ok klungr (klungr ok hörkn, v. l.), Bs. i. 452: allit., klettar ok klungr, crags and rocks.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- lit.
- literally.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)