Karbunkulisteinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - karbunkulisteinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "karbunkulisteinn" in Norwegian.

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

karbunkulisteinn
karbunkulisteinn, m. Karfunkel, lat. car-bunculus, et Slags Ædelstene "a simili-tudine ignium appellati" Plin. Hist.Nat. 37, 7 (eller 25); í þeim skildieru 3 karbunkulisteinar Didr. 1752;hvor denne Sten ellers omtales, er densNavn altid brugt i den latinske Form: er hann (nl. knapprinn paa den kastali,som er i Midten af Staden Babilon)gerr vel, ok þar á einn karbunculus,er bjartari er um nætr en ljós umdaga, lýsir hann alla daga ok nætr umborgina, ok 10 rastir má sjá, áðr maðrkomi í borgina Flor. 12 (3820); knappr-inn (paa Guldkarrets Laag) var af kar-bunculo, er meira ljós gefr í myrkri,en mörg brennandi kerti Flor. 5 (1617);sá náttúrusteinn, er karbunkulus heitir,fannst af veiðimönnum; - - - hon-um fylgir svá mikil birti, at hann lýsirí myrkri Thom. 42326. 33; jvf Thom.4974. 23. 33. 49839. 4994. 8. 13. 21; aldri verðrok myrkt í því húsi, er hann (nl. car-bunculus Konr. 7942) berr upp í Forns.Suðrl. 17429. Jvf. lýsigull, lýsisteinn.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛆᚱᛒᚢᚿᚴᚢᛚᛁᛋᛏᚽᛁᚿᚿ
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:

f.
Feminin.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.
nl.
nemlig.
s.
substantiv.

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