Turn
Old Norse Dictionary - turn
Meaning of Old Norse word "turn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- turn
- m. [Dan. taarn; Germ. thurm; from the Lat. turris]:—a tower, Symb. 30, 56, Fms. vi. 158, 164, ix. 3, HkR. iii. 69, Skíða R. 68; the word appears in the 12th or 13th century.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚱᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- R.
- Rimur.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)