Dramb
Old Norse Dictionary - dramb
Meaning of Old Norse word "dramb"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dramb can mean:dramb
- dramb
- n.
- dramb
- I. prop. a roll of fat on the neck of fat men or beasts, hnakka-dramb, hnakka-drembi, cp. drambr, m. a knot in charcoal or logwood; hence
- dramb
- II. metaph. arrogance, Nj. 47; ofbeldi ok dramb, Fms. vii. 20.
- dramb
- β. pomp, Fms. x. 232: drambs-fullr, adj. arrogant, Hom. 151, Fms. x. 222: drambs-maðr, m. a haughty, pompous person, Fms. x. 254, Hkr. ii.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛅᛘᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- adj.
- adjective.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)