Kambr
Old Norse Dictionary - kambr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kambr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kambr can mean:kambr
- kambr
- m. [A. S. camb; Engl. comb; O. H. G. champ; Germ. kamm; Dan. kam]:—a comb, Dipl. iii. 4; ladies used to wear costly combs of walrus-tusk or gold, whence the place in Icel. at which Auda lost her comb was called Kambsnes; þau lendu við nes þat er Auðr tapaði kambi sínum; þat kallaði hón Kambsnes, Landn. III; eigi berr hann kamb í höfuð sér, Þiðr. 127; see Worsaae, No. 365.
- kambr
- 2. a carding-comb (ullar-kambr), Grett. 91 A, Fb. i. 212.
- kambr
- II. a crest, comb, Al. 171; hreistr-k. (q. v.), hana-k., a cock’s crest, cp. Gullin-kambi, Gold crest, Vsp.
- kambr
- 2. a crest, ridge of hills; malar-kambr, a ridge on the beach, Háv. 48 (where spelt kampr), Grág. ii. 354; as also bæjar-kambr, the front wall of a house.
- kambr
- III. freq. in local names, Kambr, of crags rising like a crest, Landn., Finnb. ch. 27.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛘᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- cp.
- compare.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- ch.
- chapter.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)