Mærð
Old Norse Dictionary - mærð
Meaning of Old Norse word "mærð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mærð can mean:mærð
- mærð
- f. [Ulf. meriþa = φήμη], praise, laud, Stor. 5, Lex. Poët. passim: an encomium.
- mærð
- 2. mod. cant, flattery, hypocrisy, freq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)