Flór

Old Norse Dictionary - flór

Meaning of Old Norse word "flór" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

flór: m. [for. word; A. S. flôr; Engl. floor; O. H. G. fluor; Germ. flur; Dutch vloer]:—a floor, pavement, in Icel. only used of the floor of a cow-stall, Bjarn. 32; moka flór, to clean the floor. FaS. ii. 341: in Norway = cow-stall, Bk. 98, D. n. i. 233. flór-fili, n. floor-deals, n. G. l. i. 38.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

for.: foreign.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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