Dymbil-dagar

Altnordisches Wörterbuch - dymbil-dagar

Bedeutung des altnordischen Wortes "dymbil-dagar"

Wie im Cleasby & Vigfusson Altnordisch-Englisch Wörterbuch definiert:

dymbil-dagar
m. pl. the ‘dumb-bell days,’ i. e. the three days before Easter; hence dymbildaga-vika, u, f. [Swed. dymmel-vecka; Dan. dimmel-uge], Passion week, Bs. i. 71, Fms. x. 72, H. E. i. 491, Sturl. i. 25; during the dymbildagar the bells in Icel. were rung with a wooden tongue called dymbill, m.; a dymbill is often mentioned among the inventories of Icel. churches of the 14th century, e. g. kirkja á dymbil, Vm. 47, 51: it is, however, likely that the word dymbill itself is simply derived from the Engl. dumb-bell, as in the Roman church the bells were dumb or muffled in the Passion week: Björn (Lex.) mentions that in the century before his time people used to strike the time to a dance with the dymbill. It was also an old Icel. custom that the father of a house inflicted a general chastisement on his children and household on Good Friday for the sins of the past year, gently or strongly as they had been obedient or not; hence the popular phrase, líðr að dimbildögum, or koma dymbildagar, = the dimmel-days are nigh, i. e. the day of reckoning will surely come; cp. H. E. iv. 180, 181 (note).

Mögliche Runeninschrift im Jüngeren Futhark:ᛏᚢᛘᛒᛁᛚ-ᛏᛅᚴᛅᚱ
Jüngere Futhark-Runen wurden vom 8. bis 12. Jahrhundert in Skandinavien und ihren überseeischen Siedlungen verwendet

Verwendete Abkürzungen:

cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gl.
glossary.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.

Zitierte Werke & Autoren:

Björn
Biörn Halldórsson.
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
➞ Alle im Wörterbuch zitierten Werke ansehen

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