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.)