Basmir
Old Norse Dictionary - basmirMeaning of Old Norse word "basmir" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- basmir
- f. pl. an απ. λεγ. in a verse in Hervar. S. (Ed. 1847), p. 56; bauð ek þér bróðir basmir óskerðar, fé ok fjöld meiðma; a dub. word, cp. Germ. besem, Engl. besom; mod. Germ. besen, North Germ. besemer, Dan. bismer (Icel. reizla), which are all connected. Ivar Aasen records a Norse word basm or basma; the Norse basm means twenty threads of the warp (basm here means loom?):—the Ed. in FaS. i. 207 gives a wrong spelling óskir tvær (qs. óskertar), and skips the word basrnir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛋᛘᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dub.
- dubious.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hervar. S.
- Hervarar Saga. (C. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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