Klerkr

Old Norse Dictionary - klerkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "klerkr" in English.

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

klerkr Old Norse word can mean:

klerkr: m. [from Lat. clericus], a cleric, clerk, scholar; góðr klerkr (beau-clerk), Fms. ix. 531, x. 111; Rikini var klerkr góðr (a good clerk), bæði diktaði hann vel ok versaði, Bs. i. 239; Aristoteles með klerka-sveit sína, Al. 8; hann skildi görla Völsku þvíat hann var góðr k., El.; Paris klerkr, a Paris clerk, one who has studied in Paris, Fb. ii. 475; vitr ok góðgjarn ok k. mikill, Fms. i. 229; Eiríkr konungr var vitr maðr ok góðr k. ok kunni margar tungur, xi. 298; svá görir ok inn skilningslausi, ef hann kemr frá skóla, þá hyggsk hann þegar vera góðr k., Sks. 247.

klerkr: 2. a clergyman, clerk, esp. of the minor orders; klerk eðr klaustra-manni, K. Á. 40; fjórir tigir presta ok mart klerkar, Sturl. ii. 6.

klerkr: 3. a parish-clerk as in Engl.; messu-prestr skal engi leiðangr göra, né kona hans né klerkr hans, n. G. l. i. 97, iii. 77, D. n. passim: a nickname, Orkn.

klerkr: COMPDS: klerkafólk, klerkalýðr, klerkamál, klerkasiðir, klerkasveinn, klerkasveit, klerkasöngr.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

esp.: especially.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

L.: Linnæus.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

El.: Elis Saga. (G. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)

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

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

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

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

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