Morkinn
Old Norse Dictionary - morkinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "morkinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- morkinn
- part. [akin to meyrr, q. v.; from a lost verb; cp. Lat. marcere], rotten, decayed, of meat, fish. Morkin-skinna, u, f. Rotten-skin, the name of a vellum.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚱᚴᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.