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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · Jun 12

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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 5h

dekan (sb. m.): 15 cits, e.g. (of a church dignitary, leader of a cathedral, leader of a collegiate chapter) dean (orig. of a supervisor for 10 monks) ‘at uer hafim stormælt fyrst Jocelin byskup ok Jon decꜳn’ (Thom in GKS 1008 fol) onp.ku.dk/o14304 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 7h

Yesterday’s #Wordle: skarð (sb. n.): 92 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: the dark part of the moon’s far side] // den mørke del af månens forside ‘Hvæl ꜳ tungli er nær solu, en skard firr’ (Enc in AM 624 4°) onp.ku.dk/o69837 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 1d

ástleysi (sb. n.): 15 cits, e.g. absence/lack of love // mangel på kærlighed ‘hann vill migh ey sinn frænnda läta kalla fyrer astleijsis saker vid migh’ (Svarfd in AM 161 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5081 #OldNorse

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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 1d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: galgi (sb. m.): 75 cits, e.g. gallows // galge ‘Brefuin uottudu, at þessi madr uar hengdr ꜳ galga’ (Thom in GKS 1008 fol) onp.ku.dk/o25752 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 2d

austrhalfa (sb. f.): 39 cits, e.g. the east, the Orient // østen ‘lagit under sig mikin hluta af austur halfunne’ (Rém in Holm perg 7 fol) onp.ku.dk/o6297 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 2d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: vápna (vb.): 106 cits, e.g. // ‘Þeir aluopnader. til handa ok fota sem a eina js mol sæi’ (Rém in Holm perg 7 fol) onp.ku.dk/o84257 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 3d

byggjandi (sb. m.): 3 cits, e.g. dweller, inhabitant // beboer, indbygger ‘kyndizk sa elldr er vppbrenni byggendr Sicchem oc kavptvn Mello’ (Stj in AM 228 fol) onp.ku.dk/o12570 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 3d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: sauðr (sb. m.): 143 cits, e.g. of the exchange value of sheep in relation to other domestic animals) ‘tvær og .xx. ær med laumbum. og vj gelldar. xviij vetrgamlir sa…’ (DI in Bps A I fasc XVI 7) onp.ku.dk/o67436

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 4d

blótskaparskrímsl (sb. n.): 2 cits, e.g. heathen abomination // hedensk afskyelighed ‘morg onnur *blotskapar skrimsl bædi hamra ok ho᷎rga skoga votn ok tre ok oll onnr blot bædi meiri ok minni’ (ÓH in GKS 1005 fol) onp.ku.dk/o9512 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 4d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: kefja (vb.): 31 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to pull (something) down, to dive (something) down, to drown (something)] ‘heyr þv oꜱ at ęgi kefi oꜱ tempestas vatz oc eigi svelgi oss d…’ (Ridd in AM 623 4°) onp.ku.dk/o42911

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 5d

dýfa (vb.): 7 cits, e.g. (at a christening) dip, duck // (ved dåb) dyppe, dukke ‘scal scira hverr sem hia verðr staddr ... oc dyfa barnino i vatnit þrysvar oc męla þessor orð medan’ (ÁKr in AM 49 8°) onp.ku.dk/o15867 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 5d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: hjalt (sb. n.): 37 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: crosspiece on sword in front and behind the hilt (‘meðalkafli’), (I) (about both crosspieces, sometimes about the entire hilt)] ‘Asbiorn var gyrðr sáxi, oc kom hoggit ofan i hialtit,…’ (Stu in AM 122 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o34709

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 6d

ásǫkun (sb. f.): 20 cits, e.g. charge, accusation, reproach, criticism // anklage, beskyldning, kritik ‘margar fagrligar forspár gvði til dyrðar oc hans heilagri eftirkomandi kristni til sømðar. enn til asakanar envm siðarrvm Gyðingvm’ (Stj in AM 228 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5168

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 6d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: pungr (sb. m.): 62 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: purse, wallet, (leather) bag] // pengepung, pung, (skind)pose ‘pungur med helgum domum’ (DI in Bps B II 4) onp.ku.dk/o63069 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 7d

alþýði (sb. f.): 3 cits, e.g. ordinary people, common people // almindelige mennesker, almue ‘anꜹð oc ufrelsi gecc þar ifir folc allt bęþi rica menn oc ⸢alþyþu [V: alþyði]’ (ÓH in Holm perg 2 4°) onp.ku.dk/o3198 #OldNorse

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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 7d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: kváma (sb. f.): 61 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: coming, arrival, visit] // det at komme, ankomst, besøg ‘aller vinir hans fagnaðo kuamo hans’ (Streng in DG 4-7) onp.ku.dk/o46073 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 8d

bjarkeyjarréttr (sb. m.): 26 cits, e.g. elder Bjarkey law, oldest byelaws/municipal laws for Trondheim (orig. the law applied in marketplaces/towns) ‘Her segir til hversu Biarkeyiarréttr skal vera i kaupförum’ (Bjark in AM 123 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o8645 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 8d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: flatr (adj.): 72 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (of a ship, weapon, etc.) facing the broadside] // (om skib, våben etc.) som vender bredsiden til ‘Hálfdan ... greip af honum sverðit ok sló því flǫtu um nasir honum’ (HálfdEyst in AM 343 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o21744 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 9d

dusilhross (sb. n.): 1 cits, e.g. hack, jade, nag // krikke, øg ‘«erv þar leiddir fram hestar .ij. hvitir ... þeir hꜹfðo horfit um sumarit aþingi ... »mer þotti þetta merkiligra at spyria eptir hestvm þesum. en dusil hrosum’ (Heið in Holm perg 18 4°) onp.ku.dk/o15787

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 9d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: hross (sb. n.): 83 cits, e.g. (horse as working animal/item of value/trade commodity) horse, riding horse, draught horse // (hest som brugsdyr/værdigenstand/handelsvare) hest, ridehest, transporthest ‘ha̋lft fimmta hundrad j hrossum’ (DI in AM 263 fol) onp.ku.dk/o37049

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 10d

drykkjuskapr (sb. m.): 8 cits, e.g. (hard) drinking, drunkenness ‘hversu marga daga Olafur hefde suo leged af sinum dryckiuskap ad hann hefde ecke verid fær til formensku. segls. ok annarar skipm…’ (DI in Lbs 62 8°) onp.ku.dk/o15501

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 10d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: knǫrr (sb. m.): 43 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: large Nordic merchant and warship (cf. kuggr sb. m.)] // stort nordisk handels- og krigsskib (cf. kuggr sb. m.) ‘Veðr bravt knørr vndir Evia fiollvm’ (Ann in AM 424 4°) onp.ku.dk/o44484 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 11d

bjarnfeldr (sb. m.): 9 cits, e.g. bearskin // bjørneskind ‘þar uar ok. mikil grauara ok ... biorskinn suartur safalí tannuara ok biarn felldir gas havkar ok graualer’ (Trist in AM 567 XXII 4°) onp.ku.dk/o8693 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 11d

Yesterday’s #Wordle: djákn (sb. m.): 106 cits, e.g. (of a cleric of the third highest rank in the category ordines majores) deacon, priest’s assistant ‘hann skriptaðiz við fauru-navt þeira Sigurð Þioðolfs son diakn’ (Stu in AM 122 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o14608 #OldNorse

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk · 12d

dauðvána (adj.): 14 cits, e.g. expected to die, at the point of death // døden nær, dødsens ‘Kolbeinn atte rut eiɴ þann. er gersime var i. ok honum þotte goðr. Hrvtriɴ tok sott er køllut var kringlo sott. ok varð dauðuana’ (GBp in AM 399 4°) onp.ku.dk/o14181 #OldNorse

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