Dramb

Old Norse Dictionary - dramb

Meaning of Old Norse word "dramb" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

dramb Old Norse word can mean:

dramb: n.

dramb: I. prop. a roll of fat on the neck of fat men or beasts, hnakka-dramb, hnakka-drembi, cp. drambr, m. a knot in charcoal or logwood; hence

dramb: II. metaph. arrogance, Nj. 47; ofbeldi ok dramb, Fms. vii. 20.

dramb: β. pomp, Fms. x. 232: drambs-fullr, adj. arrogant, Hom. 151, Fms. x. 222: drambs-maðr, m. a haughty, pompous person, Fms. x. 254, Hkr. ii.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛅᛘᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

cp.: compare.

m.: masculine.

prop.: proper, properly.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

adj.: adjective.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

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