Fura

Old Norse Dictionary - fura

Meaning of Old Norse word "fura" in English.

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

fura Old Norse word can mean:

fura: u, f. [Engl. fir; Germ. föhre; mod. Norse furu; Dan. för]:—fir, Lat. pinus, Edda (gl.); fura vex, wide as the fir grows, Grág. ii. 170, Vkv. 9; ships were built of fir-timber, hence the allit. phrase, á fljótandi furu, on a floating fir, on hoard ship, Grág. i. 46: in poetry freq. = a ship, like Lat. abies, Lex. Poët.

fura: COMPDS: furukvistr, furustöng.

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

Abbreviations used:

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

lit.: literally.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

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