Knörr
Old Norse Dictionary - knörr
Meaning of Old Norse word "knörr" (or knǫrr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word knörr can mean:knörr
- knörr (knǫrr)
- m., gen. knarrar, dat. knerri, n. pl. knerrir, acc. knörru; [A. S. cnear]:—a ship, esp. a kind of merchant-ship, opp. to langskip; hann hafði tvá knorru ok sextigu hermanna á hverjum, FmS. iii. 36; öll stórskip bæði knörru ok önnur, ix. 167; er betra at halda langskipum til hafnar en knörrum, FaS. i. 278; eptir þat kom Hængr með knörru tvá, Eg. 71, 79. 98, Lv. 100.
- knörr (knǫrr)
- COMPDS: knarrarbátr, knarrarbringa, knarrarnes, knarrarskip, knarrarsmiðr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, knörr may be more accurately written as knǫrr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dat.
- dative.
- esp.
- especially.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)