Mar-knútr

Old Norse Dictionary - mar-knútr

Meaning of Old Norse word "mar-knútr" in English.

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

mar-knútr
m. [marr = sea], a kind of fish, cottus scorpius. Norse martulk, Edda (Gl.), Eggert Itin. 359.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
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