Letr
Old Norse Dictionary - letr
Meaning of Old Norse word "letr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- letr
- n. [from Lat. litera], letters; í framflutning máls ok letri, Skálda 181; til letrs ok bóka-gerðar, Bs. i. 790: type, letters, characters, Latínu-letr, Latin letters; sett-letr, múnka-letr, ‘monks’-letters’ = black-letter; höfða-letr = the angular letters found in inscriptions on old tombstones; Rúna-letr, Runic letters; galdra-letr, magical characters:—a letter, writ, Jm. 19. letrs-háttr, m. a mode of writing, alphabet, Skálda 160.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Jm.
- Jóns-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)