Spöruðr
Old Norse Dictionary - spöruðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "spöruðr" (or spǫruðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- spöruðr (spǫruðr)
- m. a sparer. Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, spöruðr may be more accurately written as spǫruðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚢᚱᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.