Spjör
Old Norse Dictionary - spjör
Meaning of Old Norse word "spjör" (or spjǫr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- spjör (spjǫr)
- n. pl. [A. S. spere; Engl. spear; Germ. speer]:—a spear, only in plur. and poët. (neither gen. nor dat. occur), Edda (gl.); erat audskept almanna spjör, ‘tis not easy to make spears for all men, i. e. to please all men, Ad. 21, cp. Hm. 127; dreyrug spjör, Höfuðl.; spjör gullu, spjör knáttu glymja, braka, spears clashed, etc., Lex. poët.; rjóða spjör blóði, Nj. (in a verse).
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, spjör may be more accurately written as spjǫr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)