Olifant

olifant

olifant, n. 1) et Slags Horn, hvorom det heder: þessi enn ríki maðr hefir hornþat, er Olivant heitir; ok aldri verðrbetra horn, þat var tekit af villidýriþví, er aldri sefr; svá segir ifalaus bók,at dýr þat hefir eitt horn, en þat erí miðju enni, en þat fœðist í djúpumdölum á sumrum, en á vetrum á hinumhæstum fjöllum, en þat verðr þritugtat aldri ok þá verpr þat horni sínu;en þat dýr heitir á latinu tungu uni-cornium en á norrœnu einhyrningr. -Nú ríðr Elmidan at kastalanum -;síðan blés hann í horn sítt Olifant sváfast, at öll jörð þótti skjalfa af þythornsins Klm. 38620-3873 jvf 386 &vl21; tuba eburnea Turpin hist. Carol. m. c. 23 fg. e Diez II, 38826; jvf ags.olfend Stratmann3 427b39; olifant omHorn og Dyr Mhd. Wb. II, 437, LexerII, 15428 fg; mnt. olvant Mnd. Wb. III,226b23 fgg. 2) Elfenben (gfr. olifantGodefroy V, 592b). Klm. 36915.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᛚᛁᚠᛆᚿᛏ
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.

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary