Petarr

Old Norse Dictionary - petarr

Meaning of Old Norse word "petarr" in English.

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

petarr Old Norse word can mean:

petarr: Pettarr is the older form, Gd. 19, 34, BS. i. 616; Pettars messa, K. Þ. K. (Kb.) 39; dat. Pettari, Clem. 55; else Petur or Pétr, Fb. iii. 459; in earlier times (the 12th and 13th century) this name is very rare, see the list of pr. names to Landn., Sturl., and BS., but became in Icel. more freq. in the 15th and following centuries: Pettars-m., see messa: Pétrs-blað, a picture of St. Peter, Pm. 126; Pétrs-fé, Peter’s pence, 45; Pétrs-kirkja, St. Peter’s church, Vm. 21; Pétrs-kýr, St. Peter’s cow, id.: Pétrs-nautr, see nautr; Pétrs-nál, see nál: Pétrs-stóll, -sæti, St. Peter’s chair, cathedra Petri, Rb. 372, MS. 625. 60, 61; Pétrs-tollr, St. Peter’s tithe, 671. 18; Pétrs-vaka, St. Peter’s eve, Vm. 21, FmS. viii. 122.

petarr: II. plants and birds with names from St. Peter; Pétrs-budda, u, f., or Pétrs-skip, n. a fish, St. Peters purse or ship = pulvinar marinum, Eggert Itin. ch. 897: Pétrs-kofa, u, f. a bird, colymbus grylla: Pétrs-mold, f. a kind of earth: Pétrs-sóley, f., botan. dryas octopetala: Pétrs-urt, f. apargia autumnalis; Pétrs-vaðsteinn, m. = ovarium onisci; also óska-Björn (q. v.), Maurer’s VolkS., Björn. For legends referring to St. Peter see Maurer 190.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pr.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

botan.: botanically.

ch.: chapter.

f.: feminine.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Clem.: Clements Saga. (F. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Pm.: Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

Björn: Biörn Halldórsson.

Itin.: Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.

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