Kerti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kerti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kerti" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

kerti: kerti, n. (G. Pl. kerta & kertna) Voxlys (gfr. cierge, se V. Gay Glossaire ar-cheol. s. 378 b fgg; forskjelligt fra kyn-dill? se dette Ord). Bp. I, 31127. 3138; Be-nedictus sat at borði einnhvern aptan,ok skyldi halda kerti fyrir honum einsríks manns son, er hann mataðist HeilaG.I, 17020; hann hafði ok kertisveina þá,er kertum héldu fyrir borði hans jafn-mörgum sem tignir menn sátu upp Fm. VI, 4429; stóðu kertisveinar með kert-um (om Kongens Lig) Fm. X, 14911;hétu þeir at gera kerti til glorieenom sæla Þorláki biskupi þat, estœki umb oxann Bp. I, 3479; glys-mangarar seli pund kertna (Texten harkjarna dvs. kjartna) fyrir 2 peninga Rb.13, 6 &vl 15; gáfu honum kerti mjökmikit ok log á OH. 15212 (jvf kertis-ljós, kertislog); brottrekstr ok útlegðKains endrminnist heilög kirkja bann-setjandi manndrápara einkannliga meðsteyptum kertum ok hringdum klokk-um fyrir þann skyld, at bæði hannok þeir slöktu brœðra líf Stj. 4331;jvf Dn. II, 9748 (jvf Dn. III, 49 s. 5419); Sturl. II, 23214. - Jvf. kringlu-kerti, stafkerti, upphaldskerti.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚽᚱᛏᛁ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

fr.: fransk.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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