1 purpuri
a, m. [Lat.], purple, but also of costly stuff; thus, purpura hökul hvítan, a ‘white’ cope of p., Bs. i. 67; hvítr sem p., ‘white’ as purple, Fb. i. 33, Stj., Bs., Al. passim; purpura-hökull, -klæði, -möttull, -skikkja, Vm. 123, MS. 645. 69, Stj.; purpura-litr, purple colour, Stj.; purpura gull, purple gold, red gold, Fms. vii. 96.