Guðvefr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - guðvefr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "guðvefr" in Norwegian.

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

guðvefr: guðvefr, m. (G. -vefjar) et Slags kostbartTøi eller Stof (ligesom de tilsvarende ags.godwebb Bosw.2 484 fg, gsax. goduwebbiHel. 3333. 3763, fris. godwob Richt-hof 780 b13, ght. gotawebbi Graff. IV,554; goduweppi Pfeiffers GermaniaVIII, 3884, gottweppe Bartsch Ger-mania XVIII, 48 b), under hvilken Fælles-benævnelse dog maa have været indbefattetforskjellige Arter med særegne Navne, eftersom ikke alene ght. gotweppe i de ght. Gloser Germania XVIII l. c. an-føres som enstydigt baade med bombyxog cyclade, men der ogsaa Fld. Suðrl.20711 nævnes en guðvefr sá er clesisheitir; jvf guðvefjarmöttull = VulG.pallium coccineum Stj. 35540; guð-vefjartaug, = VulG. funiculus cocci-neus Stj. 36019. 37726; bæði í silki-klæðum ok guðvef OHm. 1126; tjaldaf iacinctu ok af purpura ok tvilit-uðum guðvef (= VulG. de hyacinthoet purpura coccoque bis tincto) Stj.30736 (2 Mos. 26, 36); hefir ek línlaken eigi silkiskyrtu, skallats kyrtil eneigi guðvef eðr purpura Flat. II, 2420;sá menn skrýdda guðvef ok purpuraBp. I, 1211; er sólin skínn á gullitok á guðvefina hina gullofnu Flat. II,1256; þar tóku þeir mikit fé af goð-unum, gull ok silfr, silki ok pell okguðvef Fm. XI, 38525; var kistan sveipðpelli ok tjaldat allt guðvefjum OH.22936; jvf Flat. II, 37617.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚢᚦᚠᚽᚠᚱ
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:

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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