Pungr
Old Norse Dictionary - pungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "pungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- pungr
- m. [Ulf. puggs], a small bag, purse, hanging on the belt (= púss); silki-pungr, Dipl. v. 18; buðkr ok pungr, id.; vefja saman ok hafa í pung sér, Edda 70, Grett. 161, Fs. 97: hefi ek elnorð allra lendra manna Magnúss konungs í pung mér, Fms. viii. 128, Sks. 27; tóbaks-pungr, a snuff-bag, tobacco-pouch:—scrotum. pung-arfi, a, m., botan. bursa pastoris, Hjalt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- botan.
- botanically.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)