Lurkr
Old Norse Dictionary - lurkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lurkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lurkr can mean:lurkr
- lurkr
- m. a cudgel, Nj. 194, Sd. 136, Gþl. 177, Vd. 77; tré-lurkr, Glúm. 342, Fms. viii. 96; járn-lurkr, Hbl.; vera allr lurkum laminn, to feel as if thrashed with cudgels: metaph. of the winter 1601 A. D., var sá vetr aftaka-harðr frá Jólum um allt Ísland, ok kallaðr Lurkr, Espol. Árb. s. a.
- lurkr
- COMPDS: lurkshögg, lurkslegr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- s. a.
- sub anno.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Vd.
- Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)