Definitions
Definitions
1 polotur
f. pl., or palata, u, f. [through Byzantine Gr., from Lat. palatium]:—the king’s palace in Constantinople; þeir ganga til konungs palatu þar er hann svaf inni, Fagrsk. 111, Fms. vi. 172. polota-svarf, n. ‘palace-scouring,’ a right belonging to the Warengs, when the Greek emperor died, of roaming through the king’s treasury for money, see Fms. vi. 171—ganga þeir um allar polotur konungs, … ok skal hverr hafa at frjálsu þat sem höndum kemr á (in fact a kind of pillage).
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
polotur
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "polotur" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).