Plata
Old Norse Dictionary - plataMeaning of Old Norse word "plata" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
plata Old Norse word can mean:
- plata
- u, f. [Lat. platea]
- plata
- 1. an open road; á þessari hinni miklu platu (v. l. to sléttu), Barl. 209.
- plata
- 2. a plate, mounted metal, esp. of plate armour the later Middle Ages, the 13th and following centuries; eigi hafði hann platu, muzu né brynju, Bév.: plata is a part of the armour of a king’s man in N. G. l. ii. 427 (Hirðskrá, latter part of the 13th century), D. N. passim, Trist. 12 (see Fr.)
- plata
- COMPDS: plötubúnaðr, plötumeistari.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- esp.
- especially.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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