Polotur
Old Norse Dictionary - polotur
Meaning of Old Norse word "polotur"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- polotur
- f. pl., or palata, u, f. [through Byzantine Gr., from Lat. palatium]:—the king’s palace in Constantinople; þeir ganga til konungs palatu þar er hann svaf inni, Fagrsk. 111, Fms. vi. 172. polota-svarf, n. ‘palace-scouring,’ a right belonging to the Warengs, when the Greek emperor died, of roaming through the king’s treasury for money, see Fms. vi. 171—ganga þeir um allar polotur konungs, … ok skal hverr hafa at frjálsu þat sem höndum kemr á (in fact a kind of pillage).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛚᚢᛏᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)