Kurra
Old Norse Dictionary - kurra
Meaning of Old Norse word "kurra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kurra
- að, [Dan. kurre, of the whirr of birds of the grouse kind], to murmur, grumble; hvat sem ér Danir kurrit, Fms. xi. 246; kurraði þat hverr í sínum híbýlum, Sturl. iii. 127; vinnumenn ok þrælar kurruðu um þat, at …, Fms. i. 33; bændr kurruðu ílla, Orkn. 40; kurruðu bændr mjök, Fms. vi. 191; hví sitja bændr eigi niðr ok hlýða eyrendi, en kurra eigi svá, Fb. ii. 393.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)