knorr

See also: Knorr, knörr, knǫrr, and knørr

English

Noun

knorr (plural knorrs)

1. Alternative form of knarr (“large merchant ship used in mediaeval Scandinavia”)
   • 1997, Bernard Scudder (trans.), ‘Egil's Saga’, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, p. 29:

     the largest knorr in Halogaland was loaded at Sandnes this spring and Thorolf was said to be sole owner of all the cargo on board.