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.)