Ljós-ker
Old Norse Dictionary - ljós-ker
Meaning of Old Norse word "ljós-ker"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ljós-ker can mean:ljós-ker
- ljós-ker
- 1. n. a lantern, Stj. 394, 544, 565, Rb. 378, 380, Vm. 7, Pr. 79, Fb. ii. 375, Bret. 118, Mar.
- ljós-ker
- 2. n., prop. a ‘light-vessel,’ a lamp (not lantern), cp. Mar. 679, 1036, 1037, Thom. 483.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚢᛋ-ᚴᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- cp.
- compare.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)