Mörr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mörr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mörr" (or mǫrr) in Norwegian.

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

mörr (mǫrr): mörr, m. Fedt som findes i et slagtet DyrsIndre; mörr = lat. tuceta adeps Gloss.389a1-3 (431; hvor tuteca maa være Tryk-feil, se tucetarius, tucetum DiefenbachGloss. lat.-germ. 600b44. 46; Du Cange ed.Henschel VI, 292); Stj. 4307. 9 (1 Kong. 3, 15); þeir (nl. eitt hvalakyn, er heitirhafrkitti) hafa í holi sínu netju ok mörsvá sem búfé Kgs. 3023; nú var skorinnkalfrinn, ok var í fjórðungr mörs Bp. I,61122; jvf Grett. 14122; Bessi gékk fastfram ok spurði, hvar Ögmundr sneis væri-; hann (nl. fylgðarmaðdr Ögmundar)svarar Bessa: þat er líkara, at þú hittiroddinn á hjalta sneisinni, áðr sjá dagrlíði af, ok ósýnna, at þú sneisir mörþínn optarr þá er þit skilit Bp. I,56833. - Jvf. mörbiskup, mörbjúga,mörfjándi, mörlandi.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, mörr may be more accurately written as mǫrr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚯᚱᚱ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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