Már
Old Norse Dictionary - márMeaning of Old Norse word "már" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
már Old Norse word can mean:
- már
- m., gen. más, dat. mávi or máfi, pl. mávar; in mod. usage sounded in nom. erroneously máfr, gen. máfs; [A. S. meaw; Engl. mew; Germ. möve; Dan. maage]:—a sea-mew, gull (larus), Edda (gl.), freq. in mod. usage; see also Lex. Poët., where the word freq. occurs; hvít-máfr, the common gull; grá-máfr, the grey gull, larus glaucus: in poetry the sea is máva-röst; má-grund, má-ferill, má-skeið, the land, road of the sea-mews, Lex. Poët.: crows are ben-már, blóð-már; the raven is Yggjar-már, Odin’s mew, and so on.
- már
- II. as a pr. name, Landn.: in local names, Máfa-hlíð, whence Máf-hlíðingar, the men of M.; Máfhlíðinga-vísur, the verses of the men of M., Edda (Ht.): más-ungi (proncd. máfs-ungi); also má-skari (q. v.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- nom.
- nominative.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- proncd.
- pronounced.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)