Musteri
Old Norse Dictionary - musteri
Meaning of Old Norse word "musteri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- musteri
- and mustari, n., mysteri in Hom. 46, 97, [eccl. Lat. monasterium; A. S. mynster; Engl. minster; Germ. münster]:—a temple, freq. in old and mod. eccl. writers, as the translation of ‘templum’ in a Jewish and Christian sense, while hof is used in the heathen sense, BS., Stj., Hom., n. T., PasS., Vídal. passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛋᛏᛁᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.