Pappír

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Pappír

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 pappír

m. [Lat. papyrus], paper; bréf á pappír ok á Látinu skritað, D. N. iii. (a Norse deed, A. D. 1364); all Icel. MSS. and writs (máldagar) of the 14th and 15th centuries were on vellum, and paper came first into general use about or a little before the Reformation; only two leaves on satin paper (a fragment of the Grágás) are preserved in the Arna-Magn. Coll. written in the 12th century or early in the 13th.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛅᛒᛒᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. D.
Anno Domini.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
S.
South, Southern.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Arna-Magn.
Arna-Magnacanus.
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)

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