Klungr

Old Norse Dictionary - klungr

Meaning of Old Norse word "klungr" in English.

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

klungr Old Norse word can mean:

klungr
m., the r is radical, [klungr, Ivar Aasen]:—a bramble; millum klungra ok hagþyrna, Barl. 18, 139; þorn ok klungr, Stj. 38; milli þorna ok klungra, 47; með klungrum ok hvössum hagþornum, 395, (‘spinis tribulisque’ of the Vulgate); þyrni, klungr, ok allt annat íllgresi, Fms. v. 159; rósan vex upp á milli klungra ok þyrna, Hom. (St.); sem rós hjá klungrum, Gd. 6: poët., hræ-k., carrion-thorn, poët. for a weapon, Merl. 1. 36, Lex. poët.
klungr
II. metaph., in Icel., where there are no thorns, any rough ground is called klungr; hraun ok klungr (klungr ok hörkn, v. l.), Bs. i. 452: allit., klettar ok klungr, crags and rocks.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.
allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
lit.
literally.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Merl.
Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
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