Saumr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - saumr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "saumr" in Norwegian.

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

saumr: saumr, m. (Gen. -s) 1) coll. Søm, Spiger, = naglar (jvf skipsaumr, hnoðsaumr,reksaumr); mikill saumr dvs. mange Søm, Kgs. 823; vóru þær (nL. skúturnar) sam-bundnar, ok engi saumr í Fm. VII,2162; nú skal saum fá til skips, en efeinn nagli fellst í gerð, - Frost. 7, 14;ef skip verðr úfœrt -, þá skulu þeirupp setja ok brenna ok fœra búandumsaum heim, en ef þeir brenna eigi, þágjaldi þeir saums verð Frost. 7, 192;jvf skulu þeir ok mugha brenna petgambla skip Borrabranden til saumsþess aðra skipsens (nL. som skal bygges)Dn. I, 47010 (NL. IV, 38522); slá saumFlat. I, 43318; ogsaa om Hesteskosøm: se saumlauss. 2) Syen, Syning, kun i Plur. setjast til sauma Fld. III, 10410;sitja at saumum Flat. II, 4388; DpL. 43.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛆᚢᛘᚱ
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:

coll.: Collectiv.

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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