HAMPR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HAMPR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HAMPR

m. [this word, like all words in mp (np), is of for. origin; cp. Gr. κάνναβις, whence Lat. cannabis; Germ. hanf; Engl. hemp; Dan. hamp: it scarcely occurs before the middle of the 13th century; hörr, q. v., is the genuine northern word]:—hemp, Sks. 287, H. E. i. 395, N. G. L. ii. 355.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛅᛘᛒᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
for.: foreign.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Gr.: Greek.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
orig: original, originally.
p.: page.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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