Karmr

Old Norse Dictionary - karmr

Meaning of Old Norse word "karmr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word karmr can mean:karmr

karmr
m. [Dan. karm = a frame; vindues-karm, dör-karm = a window-frame, door-frame]:—a closet; slæðu-karmr = vestiarium, Hallfred; öl-karmr, an ale cask, Landn. (in a verse); mjöð-k., a mead cask, Lex. Poët.; bekk-k., a bench frame, couch = Lat. triclinium, id.; kastalar ok karmar, Fms. iv. 49.
karmr
2. a cart, B. K. 20, still used in that sense in Dan. and Norse.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚱᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
B. K.
Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
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