Máría
Old Norse Dictionary - máría
Meaning of Old Norse word "máría"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- máría
- (mod. María), u, f. Mary, in old writers sounded with an á, see old rhymes, e. g. Lilja, passim; and is still sounded so in Márí-atla (= Máríu-erla), the wagtail, motacilla alba. Several flowers bear the Virgin Mary’s name, Máríu-stakkr, m. the common lady’s mantle, alchemilla vulgaris; Máríu-grös, n. pl. lichen nivalis; Máríu-vöndr, m. ‘Marys-wand,’ the field gentian, gentiana campestris; Máríu-kjarni, a, m. laver, fucus esculentus, see Maurer’s Volks. 194, 195. Other COMPDS: Máríukirkja, Máríumessa, Máríuminni, MáríuSaga, Máríuskript, Máríusúð, Máríuvers.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚱᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.