Bukran

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bukran

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bukran" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

bukran
bukran eller bukram, s. et Slags Tøi,som oprindeligen tilvirkedes i Orientenog derfra udførtes, sandsynligvis saakaldet af Bochara som Tilvirkningssted,efter Heyd Geschichte des Levanten-handels II, 692; jvf Höf. Leb. I, 268;mlat. boquerannus, bucaranum, bucke-ranum, fr. bougran, eng. buckram, mht.buckeram, Diez3 I, 92; Mhd. Wb. I,276 a; Jahrb. f. rom. u. engl. Lit. I, 63.DN. II, 46851. IV, 328.

Part of speech: s

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚢᚴᚱᛆᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

b. f.
det famme.
eng.
engels.
f.
Feminin.
fr.
fransk.
it.
italiensk.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
mlat.
Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.
s.
substantiv.

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