Serkr

Old Norse Dictionary - serkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "serkr" in English.

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

serkr Old Norse word can mean:

serkr: m., pl. serkir, [Old Engl. and Scot. sark; Dan. sœrk], a sark, shirt; þú skalt fara í serk minn, Fms. iii. 190; s. af sauðar-ullu, 180; serkr eða skyrta, Edda; tók ek hamar ór serk mér, Fms. x. 329; síðar slæðr, serk bláfán, Rm. 26; blóðgan hugðak mæki borinn ór serk þínum, Am. 23; serki valrauða, Akv. 4; hón tekr ór serk sér steina-sörvi mikit, Ísl. ii. 343; hann var svá, lítill af hafa mátti í serk sér, Edda; Gísli vermir höndina í serk sér, Gísl. 29; hafa dreng í serk sér, to have a man inside one’s sark, to be a bold true-hearted man, Fms. ix. 381: messu-s., a priest’s cope, Vm. 156: poët. of a shirt of mail, hring-s., járn-s., Lex. poët.

serkr: II. a ‘timber,’ a certain number, of skins; fjóra tigi serkja grárra skinna, Fms. xi. 325.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

poët.: poetically.

Scot.: Scottish.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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