Ker

Old Norse Dictionary - ker

Meaning of Old Norse word "ker" in English.

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

ker: n. [Goth. kas = σκευος; O. H. G. char; mid. H. G. kar; Dan. kar]:—a tub, vessel, Grág. ii. 339, FS. 137, BS. i. 336, 339, 340, FmS. vii. 150; hvert ker kann verða svá fullt at yfir gangi, Sturl. iii. 282: for fishing, göra garða eðr ker, Grág. ii. 350: valit ker, a chosen vessel, 656 C. 13, Matth. xxv. 4, Mark xi. 16, Luke viii. 16, Rom. ix. 21, 22, 1 ThesS. iv. 4, 2 Tim. ii. 21, Rev. ii. 27: a goblet, FmS. x. 236, JS. 78, Hm. 18, 51: a chest, Gh. 7; aus-ker, a bucket, cp. Yngl. S. ch. 14; öl-ker, an ale cask, Orkn. 246; vín-ker, a wine cask; sýru-ker, BS. i. 336; váð-ker = vestiarium; skap-ker = Gr. κρατήρ; gull-ker, leir-ker, silfr-ker, a gold, earthen, silver vessel: poët., vind-ker, the wind basin = the sky, Egil; ker svefna, ‘basins of sleep’ or ‘tear-basins’ = the eyes, Gísl. (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

ch.: chapter.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

Gr.: Greek.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mid. H. G.: middle High German.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

poët.: poetically.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Gh.: Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Js.: Járnsíða. (B. III.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Yngl. S.: Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)

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