Kýr
Old Norse Dictionary - kýr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kýr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kýr can mean:kýr
- kýr
- f., gen. kýr, dat. and acc. kú; n. pl. acc. kýr, gen. kúa, dat. kúm; and with the article, sing. kýrin, kýrinnar, kúnni, kúna, plur. kýrnar, kúanna, kúnum; [a word common to all Teut. languages, as also Lat. bōs, Gr. βους]:—a cow, Ld. 156, BS. i. 335; kýr sú er Auðumbla hét, Edda; kýr þrévetr, Grág. i. 501; kálf-bær kýr, 501; geld kýr, 502; kýr yxna, 426; snemmbær kýr, an early-calving cow, viz. in autumn or in the early winter mouths; Jólabær kýr, a cow to calve at Yule time; as also, síðbær, várbær, sumarbær, a late-calving cow, viz. in the spring or summer; selja kú á leigu, Gþl. 98; leigu-kýr, n. G. l. i. 24; leiga kú, id.; nú skal fé skilja at kýr, 75; eigi ellri kú en átta vetra, id.; veita vörð kú (dat.), Gþl. 500; eitt kveld var vant kýr (gen.) í Þykkva-skógi, Ld. 156; ætluðu at aka heim kúnni, … þeir es kúna áttu, BS. i. 335; kálfa undan kúm (kúum MS.), Grág. i. 305; fimm tigi kúa (gen. pl.), B. K. 28: allit., karl ok kýr, FmS. ii. 138, Sturl. ii. 152, (else karl ok kýll.)
- kýr
- COMPDS: kúalubbi, kúamjólk, kúasmjör, kýreldi, kýrfóðr, kýrhúð, kýrhvalr, kýrlag, kýrland, kýrleiga, kýrverð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- lit.
- literally.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- sing.
- singular.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- B. K.
- Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)