Kör
Old Norse Dictionary - kör
Meaning of Old Norse word "kör" (or kǫr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kör can mean:kör
- kör (kǫr)
- f., gen. karar, a bed in which one lies bedridden; liggja í kör, to lie bedridden, Ld. 82, Hkr. i. 35, Bs. i. 351, Fms. ii. 200, Gkv. 2. 43; leggjask í kör, to lay oneself down bedridden; sagði at allt var annat athæfiligra en at auvirðask ok leggjask í kör, Eg. 103: mythol. the bed of Hel is called kör, Edda (Gl.)
- kör (kǫr)
- COMPDS: kararkerling, kararmaðr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kör may be more accurately written as kǫr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)