Torf-krókr

Old Norse Dictionary - torf-krókr

Meaning of Old Norse word "torf-krókr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

torf-krókr
m. a kind of box (a sketch of which see Eggert Itin. tab. viii. fig. 2), to carry peat and sods, Sturl. i. 179 C.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚱᚠ-ᚴᚱᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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