Kurt
Old Norse Dictionary - kurt
Meaning of Old Norse word "kurt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kurt
- f. [for. word], courtesy, chivalry, good manners; þá kurt (chivalrous feat) nam ek í Húnalandi, Þiðr, 57, Konr. 9; með kurt ok hævesku. Fas.: freq. in poets of the 15th to the 17th centuries, enga ber kurt, Hallgr.; hjartað mitt er hlaðit með kurt, a ditty, Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 303.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- for.
- foreign.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hallgr.
- Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)