Pappír

Old Norse Dictionary - pappír

Meaning of Old Norse word "pappír" in English.

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

pappír
m. [Lat. papyrus], paper; bréf á pappír ok á Látinu skritað, D. n. iii. (a Norse deed, A. D. 1364); all Icel. MSS. and writs (máldagar) of the 14th and 15th centuries were on vellum, and paper came first into general use about or a little before the Reformation; only two leaves on satin paper (a fragment of the Grágás) are preserved in the Arna-Magn. Coll. written in the 12th century or early in the 13th.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. D.
Anno Domini.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Arna-Magn.
Arna-Magnacanus.
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
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