Puntr
Old Norse Dictionary - puntr
Meaning of Old Norse word "puntr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word puntr can mean:puntr
- puntr
- or pundr, m. [pundari, from its steel-yard-like shape], a windle-straw; beint þegar börðust punti. Gd.: = phleum Alpinum, Hjalt.
- puntr
- COMPDS: punthali, puntstrá.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.