Kerskr

Old Norse Dictionary - kerskr

Meaning of Old Norse word "kerskr" in English.

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

kerskr
adj. = karskr; kersk þjóð, Lex. Poët.; ókerskr, enn ókerskari, the weaker (the poorer), Grág. (Kb.) i. 172.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Kb.
Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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