Pillz
Old Norse Dictionary - pillz
Meaning of Old Norse word "pillz"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word pillz can mean:pillz
- pillz
- mod. pils, n., older form piliza, u, f.; [from mid. Lat. pellicia, whence Germ. pelz, Engl. pelt]:—a pelt, fur coat; Ánn var í hvítu pillzi, þat var svá sítt at þat nam hæl, Fas. ii. 342; skrýðask pilizum ok kápum, Ó.T. 12.
- pillz
- 2. mod. a petticoat; vera í pilzi, to wear a petticoat, freq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛚᛚᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)