Malr
Old Norse Dictionary - malr
Meaning of Old Norse word "malr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- malr
- m., dat. mal, Fb. iii. 446, [Fr. malle, Engl. mail], a knapsack, Grett. 93 A, Þjal. Jóns. 7; hann tók hnjóðhamar ór mal einum, Fb. iii. 446, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Þjal.
- Þjalar-Jóns Saga. (G. III.)