Ýr
Old Norse Dictionary - ýrMeaning of Old Norse word "ýr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ýr Old Norse word can mean:
- ýr
- 1. or yr, prep. = ór (q. v.), a freq. spelling in vellums; slík duga betr en springi yr, Skálda (Thorodd).
- ýr
- 2. f. = úr, a drizzling rain: a pr. name of a woman, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)