Kalfskinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kalfskinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kalfskinn" in Norwegian.

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

kalfskinn: kalfskinn, n. Kalveskind; eigi þótti hon-um meiri himinn en kalfskinn, sváþótti honum konungr ógurligr Mork.19725 (Hkr. 70016), hvor dette Udtryktjener til at betegne den store Forfær-delse, hvoraf han følte sig greben (dadet ikke forekom ham meget anderledes,end som om Verden skulde forgaa, jvfJoh. Aab. 6, 14?). Hermed kan sammen-holdes Talemaaden: "daa var de rettsom om all verdi var i eitt kalfskinn"Landstads Norske Folkeviser S. 6954;og at der i en proven/,c/alsk Spørgsmaals-bog paa Spørgsmaalet: hvad er Him-melen? gives det Svar: " et udbredtSkind", se Pfeiffers Germania III, 30934.Som Navn paa Jordstykker (jvf fær-skinn, bukkskinn) forekommer kalfskinnEJb. 2896. 3837; Dn. V, 4866; OH.7611 (Sturl. I, 13736); jvf kalfskinns-gerði EJb. 41824.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛆᛚᚠᛋᚴᛁᚿᚿ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

S.: Side.

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