Purpuri
Old Norse Dictionary - purpuri
Meaning of Old Norse word "purpuri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- purpuri
- a, m. [Lat.], purple, but also of costly stuff; thus, purpura hökul hvítan, a ‘white’ cope of p., BS. i. 67; hvítr sem p., ‘white’ as purple, Fb. i. 33, Stj., BS., Al. passim; purpura-hökull, -klæði, -möttull, -skikkja, Vm. 123, MS. 645. 69, Stj.; purpura-litr, purple colour, Stj.; purpura gull, purple gold, red gold, FmS. vii. 96.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᛒᚢᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)