Mösurr

Old Norse Dictionary - mösurr

Meaning of Old Norse word "mösurr" (or mǫsurr)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word mösurr can mean:mösurr

mösurr (mǫsurr)
m. [O. H. G. masar; mid. H. G. maser; Early Engl. maser]:—a maple-tree, ‘spot-wood,’ Fb. i. 548.
mösurr (mǫsurr)
COMPDS: mösurbolli, mösurtré.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mösurr may be more accurately written as mǫsurr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛋᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mid. H. G.
middle High German.
O. H. G.
Old High German.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Back