Definitions
Definitions
1 spjörr spjǫrr
f., only in pl. spjarrar, mod. spjarir:—swathing-bands, used instead of hose or stockings; Auðr kona þín er í brókum ok vafit spjörrum mjök í skúa niðr, A. thy wife dresses in breeks (like a man), winding swathes round her legs almost down to the shoes, Ld. 136; hvítar brækr ok vafit at neðan spjörrum, því var hann vaf-spjarra Grímr kallaðr, swathing the legs (instead of stockings), for which he was called ‘swaddle-leg’ Gullþ. 14.
2 spjörr spjǫrr
2. mod. a rag, tatter; þat sem áðr er slitið ok at spjörum orðit, Fas. iii. 7: the phrase, spyrja e-n ór spjörunum, to examine one without his hose on, i. e. to strip and examine him closely, Snót: in mod. usage also sing., hann á ekki eina spjör, not a scrap of clothing on his back.
Orthography
Orthography
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Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
spjörr
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "spjörr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).