Skarfr

Old Norse Dictionary - skarfr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skarfr" in English.

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

skarfr Old Norse word can mean:

skarfr: m. [Shetl. scarf; Scot. scart]:—properly the green cormorant, pelicanus graculus, l., Edda (Gl.); topp-skarfr, the crested cormorant, p. ater capite cristato, Eggert Itin. 554; díla-skarfr, the common cormorant, p. carbo, l., Eggcrt Itin. 556, passim: also of other sea-fowl, grá-s., the grey gull, larus canus, l., Eggert Itin. 555:—as a nickname, Dropl. 21, Landn., Dipl. ii. 5.

skarfr: II. freq. in local names, Skarfa-klettr, Skarfa-hóll. skarfa-kál, n., botan. cochlearia, scurvy-grass, Eggert Itin. 321, a plant which grows on rocky sea-shores, good against scorbutic diseases.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

Scot.: Scottish.

botan.: botanically.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Itin.: Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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