Mastr

Old Norse Dictionary - mastr

Meaning of Old Norse word "mastr" in English.

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

mastr
m., gen. mastrs, [a for. word introduced from Engl. and Germ. mast,] a mast; the word which is now freq. is not found in old writers, who call the mast siglutré.

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

Abbreviations used:

Engl.
English.
for.
foreign.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

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