Túlkr
Old Norse Dictionary - túlkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "túlkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- túlkr
- m. [a Slavon. word; Lett. tulkas], an interpreter, spokesman, in a foreign language, Ld. 76, Orkn. 330, Fms. iii. 33, vii. 192, xi. 300, Stj. 542: a broker, þeir brakkernir er vér köllum túlka, Fms. v. 183 (Fb. ii. 138): a spokesman, Stj. 157.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛚᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)