Klömbr
Old Norse Dictionary - klömbr
Meaning of Old Norse word "klömbr" (or klǫmbr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klömbr can mean:klömbr
- klömbr (klǫmbr)
- f. [akin to a well-known root word common to all Teut. languages, cp. Germ. klam, klemmen]:—a smith’s vice, of which a drawing is given in the old edition of Glúm. (1786).
- klömbr (klǫmbr)
- 2. metaph. of troops drawn up in a similar shape; í klömbrina miðja millum þessara fylkinga, Stj. 512; skulu vér nú renna at ok hafa spjótin fyrir oss, ok mun klambrar-veggrinn ganga ef fast er fylgt, Glúm. 386; losnaði þá fljótt fylking Skagfirðinga sem klambrar-veggr væri rekinn, Sturl. iii. 84:—a local name in Icel., see the poem in Fjölnir (1836), p. 31.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, klömbr may be more accurately written as klǫmbr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᚢᛘᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)