Saurr

Old Norse Dictionary - saurr

Meaning of Old Norse word "saurr" in English.

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

saurr Old Norse word can mean:

saurr: m., dat. sauri and saur; [remains with an inserted spurious k in Swed. skör-agtig = lewd, skör-lefnad = lewdness; cp. the derived words seyra and súrr]:—mud; var á róta mikil svá at ekki stökk saurr af jörðu, Bs. i. 334; jarðar-s., loam, Barl. 112; hlaupa í saur, to dabble in mud, Fs. 68; hann kvaðsk eigi vilja reiða eptir sér saur. 51; at engi saurr stökkvi af hestum yðrum ok; á konunginn, Sks. 365.

saurr: 2. dirt, excrements; eða hrindr maðr honum í vatn eðr í hland eðr í mat, eðr í saur, ok varðar þat allt skóggang, Grág. ii. 132; í sauri, 328; sem hann hefði í saurnum laugask, Fas. ii. 332; ausask sauri á, to throw dirt at one another, Bjarn. 33; fugla s., Stj. 620; saur ok fúlindi, Mar., Stj. 383, 642, Karl. 320; s. í kviði manns, Hom. (St.):—metaph., synda s., Hom. 45; s. illra verka, Greg. 18:—as a nickname, Landn.

saurr: II. in local names, Saurar, Saur-bær, esp. the latter is freq. in Icel. of sour soil, swampy tracts, Landn.; hence prob. also Sorö (mid. Lat. Sora) in Denmark; these local names shew the oldest sense ot the word, cp. seyra.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

dat.: dative.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

Swed.: Swedish.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

esp.: especially.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

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

Lat.: Latin.

mid. Lat.: middle Latin.

prob.: probably.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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