Mór
Old Norse Dictionary - mór
Meaning of Old Norse word "mór"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mór can mean:mór
- mór
- m., gen. mós, dat. mó, pl. móar, [akin to Engl. moor; Norse Moe]:—a moor, heath, mostly used of a barren moorland, grown only with ling; en biskup dragnaði um grjót ok móa, Sturl. ii. 50; tekr Skeggi á rás upp eptir móunum ok grípr þar upp malinn, Grett. 93: freq. in local names, Mór, Móar (Moe in Norway), Landn.; Mó-berg: in pr. names, referring to the hue, Mó-gils, Mó-eiðr, id.
- mór
- II. peat, for fuel; skera mó, brenna mó, freq. in mod. usage; mó-tak, n. a peat-field: mó-skurðr, m. cutting peat: mó-gröf, f. a peat-pit: mó-færsla, u, f. carrying peat, Vm. 136: in old writers torf, q. v.
- mór
- III. in compds, as mó-hella, mó-berg (q. v.), tufa: and hence of colour, mó-kollr, mó-brúnn, mó-rauðr, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)