Purpuri

Old Norwegian Dictionary - purpuri

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "purpuri" in Norwegian.

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

purpuri: purpuri, m. et Slags kostbart Tøi eller Klæde, som dog ikke altid var purpur-farvet (se purpurahökull, jvf purpuraalba, rufa Du Cange III, 475 fg; Höf.Leb. I, 262 fg; Mhd. Wb. II, 1, 545a5 fgg),= purpura; leit hann - mœy einamjök friða ok klædda með brúnaðo(m)purpura Str. 403; sá lutr, sem þeirkalla conchium eðr ostrum, í hverjumer purpurinn er litaðr, fæst þar betri ení flestum stöðum öðrum Stj. 885 jvf 10;af þeirri særingu fellir hann tár þau,sem purpurans lit hafa Stj. 8810; pur-puri = Vulg. vestis purpurea Stj. 3971(Domm. 8, 26); grösin hvít sem pur-puri Flat. I, 3328; nú síðan langafastakom, hefir ek linlak en eigi silki-skyrtu, skarlatskyrtil en eigi guðvefeðr purpura Flat. II, 2420.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛕᚢᚱᛕᚢᚱᛁ
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.

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