Mösurr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mösurr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mösurr" (or mǫsurr) in Norwegian.

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

mösurr (mǫsurr): mösurr, m. flammet Ved som forekommer i Træ der, hvor der i samme har dannetsig Knuder eller Udvæxter paa den Maade, som beskrives i Schübelers Norges Væxt-rige I, 46611 fgg; (sv. masur; ght. masarGraff II, 875; mht. maser Mhd. Wb. II,1, 86a19); fór suðrmaðr í burt meðhúsasnotruna, en Karlsefni (af hvemhan havde kjøbt den i Norge) vissi eigi,hvat tré var, en þat var mösurr kom-inn af Vínlandi Flat. I, 54836; þar vóruþau tré, er mösur(r) hétu Aa. 1188.

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, mösurr may be more accurately written as mǫsurr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚯᛋᚢᚱᚱ
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:

a.: accusativ.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

v.: Verbum.

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