Okr
Old Norse Dictionary - okr
Meaning of Old Norse word "okr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- okr
- n. [Ulf. wokrs = τόκος, Luke xix. 23; A. S. wocor; O. H. G. wuochar; Germ. wucher; Dan. aager; Swed. ocker]:—usury, K. Á. 204, 218, BS. i. 684; the word occurs in old writers only in eccl. writerS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)