Mergr
Old Norse Dictionary - mergr
Meaning of Old Norse word "mergr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mergr can mean:mergr
- mergr
- m., gen. mergjar, dat. merg, but mergi, LS. 43; pl. mergir; [A. S. mearg; Scot. mergh; Engl. marrow; Germ. mark; Dan. marv]:—marrow, Edda 28, Grág. ii. 91; frost og fjúk. er fast á búk frosinn mergr úr beinum, a ditty, passim.
- mergr
- 2. metaph. pith; mergr ritninganna, Mar.; af mergjum hjartans, id.; þat er m. málsins, þat er enginn m. í því, and the like.
- mergr
- COMPDS: merglauss, mergleysi, mergruni.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)