DRAMB

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

DRAMB

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 DRAMB

2 DRAMB

I. prop. a roll of fat on the neck of fat men or beasts, hnakka-dramb, hnakka-drembi, cp. drambr, m. a knot in charcoal or logwood; hence

3 DRAMB

II. metaph. arrogance, Nj. 47; ofbeldi ok dramb, Fms. vii. 20.

4 DRAMB

β. pomp, Fms. x. 232: drambs-fullr, adj. arrogant, Hom. 151, Fms. x. 222: drambs-maðr, m. a haughty, pompous person, Fms. x. 254, Hkr. ii.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᛅᛘᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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