Köri
Old Norse Dictionary - köri
Meaning of Old Norse word "köri" (or kǫri)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- köri (kǫri)
- or keri, a, m., medic. a tent, probe; ef köra kennir inn til heila-basta, Grág. ii. 91: poët. a sword is called keri, Hallfr.; as also Val-keri, id.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, köri may be more accurately written as kǫri.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)