Akr
Old Norse Dictionary - akrMeaning of Old Norse word "akr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
akr Old Norse word can mean:
- akr
- rs, pl. rar, [Ulf. akrs; A. S. œcer; Engl. acre; Germ. acker; Lat. ager; Gr. άγρός], arable land, ground for tillage:
- akr
- α. opp. to engi, a meadow; cp. the law term, þar er hvárki sé a. ne engi, Grág. i. 123, Hrafn. 21.
- akr
- β. opp. to tún, the ‘town’ or enclosed homefield; bleikir akrar en slegin tún, the corn-fields are white to harvest and the ‘town,’ i. e. the ‘infield,’ is mown, Nj. 112; helgi túns ok akra ok engja, BS. i. 719; teðja akra, Rm. 12.
- akr
- 2. metaph. the crop; þeir höfðu niðrbrotið akra hans alla, destroyed all the crop in the fields, FmS. v. 50; ok er hann óð rúgakrinn fullvaxinn, þá tók döggskórinn á sverðinu akrinn uppstandanda, and when he (Sigurd Fafnir’s bane) strode through the full-waxen rye-field, the tip of his sword’s sheath just touched the upstanding ears. FaS. i. 173; sá hinn góði akr (crop) er upp rann af þeirri hinni góðu jörð, Hom. 68.
- akr
- β. name of several farmS.
- akr
- COMPDS: akraávöxtr, akragerði, akrakarl, akraspillir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- cp.
- compare.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
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