Palmi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - palmi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "palmi" in Norwegian.

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

palmi: palmi, m. 1) = palma; í þeim glugg, erá var bjarginu, var - ór hamrinum vaxiteitt tré, þat er palmi heitir -; át hannaldinit en klæddi sik með laufinu - -;hann tekr til sín kyrtil hans, er hannhafði sjalfr höndum sínum gert af palm-laufinu Heilag. II, 1858. 29. 19137; jar-teignaforn hins blezaða Thomas erki-biskups samlíkist við uppreistum viðiþeim, er palmi heitir; sá viðr - erminnstr við jörð en megnast æ til vaxtarsvó sem rót viðarins Thom. 48025. 2) =palmr; sá prestr var pilagrímr ok barpalma á bakinu sér ok var klæddrslagningi (= lat. erat ille presbyterperegrinus portans palmam et indutussclavino Visio Tnugdali ed. O. Schade S. 616) Heilag. I, 33624; jvf Mhd. Wb.II, 1, 461b26-30. 3) = tré i píslarpalmi(= píslartré) Thom. 44620.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛕᛆᛚᛘᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

S.: Side.

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