Pottr
Old Norse Dictionary - pottr
Meaning of Old Norse word "pottr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word pottr can mean:pottr
- pottr
- m. [potus, Du Cange, from Lat. potare; Fr. pot], a pot. BS. i. 804; diskar í borðhúsi, fjórir tigir diska, sex katlar, níu pottar, Dipl. iii. 4; mikinn pott fullan af bjórblönduðu víni, MS. 4. 21; pottr, munnlaug, Dipl. v. 18; fjórir pottar, einn ketill, ein panna, D. N. iv. 328; pottr með höddu, 457; leir-pottr, an earthen pot: freq. in mod. usage = a cauldron or hver, q. v.
- pottr
- 2. a measure = two merkr, see mörk, (mod.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.