Mösurr

Old Norse Dictionary - mösurr

Meaning of Old Norse word "mösurr" (or mǫsurr) in English.

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

mösurr Old Norse word can mean:

mösurr (mǫsurr): m. [O. H. G. masar; mid. H. G. maser; Early Engl. maser]:—a maple-tree, ‘spot-wood,’ Fb. i. 548.

mösurr (mǫsurr): COMPDS: mösurbolli, mösurtré.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mösurr may be more accurately written as mǫsurr.

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

Abbreviations used:

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mid. H. G.: middle High German.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

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