Pell
Old Norse Dictionary - pellMeaning of Old Norse word "pell" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- pell
- n. [Lat. pallium; A. S. pelle; Engl. pall; mid. H. G. pfelle]:—costly stuff, velvet (?); sæng tjölduð pellum, Hkr. i. 242; skikkja ok pell dregin yfir skinnin, fur lined with pell, Lv. 41; pell þat er hökull sá var ór gör, er Skarbendill heitir, BS. i. 77; messu-hökull af pelli, B. K. 82; altaris-klæði með pell, Vm. 91; altaris-klæði tvau af pelli, 98; hökull ok kantara-kápa af nýju pelli, B. K. 83. Vm. 100; tvau handlin af pelli, B. K. 83: pells-altarisklæði, -búnaðr, -hús, -hökull, -kápa, -klæði, an altar cloth, lining, case, cope of pell, Vm. 49, 80, 92, 114, B. K. 83, Pm. 123, Am. 15, Dipl. v. 18; pells-klæði, -kyrtill, -skikkja, Ld. 328, Ó. H. 31, FmS. ii. 246, iv. 27, v. 268.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- B. K.
- Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
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