Þurkr
Old Norse Dictionary - þurkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þurkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þurkr
- m. [Dan. tørke], drought, dry weather, freq. in mod. usage. þurka-samr, adj. dry (of a season), Rb. 572.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)