Spori
Old Norse Dictionary - spori
Meaning of Old Norse word "spori"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- spori
- a. m. [A. S. spor, spora; Dan. spore], a spur, Nj. 82, FmS. vi. 424; slá (keyra, höggva) hest sporum, ix. 518, Gullþ. 68; spora-högg, Nj. 8; the oldest spurs were pointed (oddar), see Worsaae, No. 356.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚢᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)