KLÖMBR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

KLÖMBR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 KLÖMBR

f. [akin to a well-known root word common to all Teut. languages, cp. Germ. klam, klemmen]:—a smith’s vice, of which a drawing is given in the old edition of Glúm. (1786).

2 KLÖMBR

2. metaph. of troops drawn up in a similar shape; í klömbrina miðja millum þessara fylkinga, Stj. 512; skulu vér nú renna at ok hafa spjótin fyrir oss, ok mun klambrar-veggrinn ganga ef fast er fylgt, Glúm. 386; losnaði þá fljótt fylking Skagfirðinga sem klambrar-veggr væri rekinn, Sturl. iii. 84:—a local name in Icel., see the poem in Fjölnir (1836), p. 31.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛚᚢᛘᛒᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
p.
page.
Teut.
Teutonic.

Works & Authors

Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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