Kórs-bróðir
Old Norse Dictionary - kórs-bróðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "kórs-bróðir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kórs-bróðir
- m., eccl. a ‘choir-brother,’ a canon, FmS. viii. 269, ix. 461, BS. (esp. Laur. S.) passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᛋ-ᛒᚱᚢᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Laur. S.
- Laurentius Saga. (D. III.)