Meyrr
Old Norse Dictionary - meyrr
Meaning of Old Norse word "meyrr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- meyrr
- adj. [O. H. G. muruwi; mid. H. G. mur and murwe; Germ. murhe; Dan. mör]:—tender, of flesh, meat, or the like, or rotten of other things, Stj. 77; sem meyrr börkr, Bær. 19.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)