Þorpari
Old Norse Dictionary - þorpari
Meaning of Old Norse word "þorpari"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þorpari can mean:þorpari
- þorpari
- a, m. a cottier, peasant, boor, churl, clown, of the lower peasantry; búandkarl eða þ., Fms. ii. 48; þorparar ok verkmenn, opp. to ríkir búendr, Ó. H. 212; þorpari (opp. to hæverskr maðr), Sks. 276, 317; ‘colonus’ and ‘miles gregarius’ are rendered by þ., Róm. 132, 152; þorpara sonr, þorpara sveinn. a term of contempt, Fms. viii. 221, Fas. i. 150.
- þorpari
- 2. metaph. a villain, so in mod. usage.
- þorpari
- COMPDS: þorparaligr, þorparaskapr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚱᛒᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)