Plógr

Old Norse Dictionary - plógr

Meaning of Old Norse word "plógr" in English.

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

plógr Old Norse word can mean:

plógr: m. [Engl. plough; O. H. G. pfluoc; Germ. pflug; Dan. plov; Swed. plog; a borrowed word, for arðr (q. v.) is the genuine old Norse word; the word was also unknown to the Goth. as well as to the A. S., for Ulf. calls the plough hoha, and sulh is the A. S. term; the Engl. plough was borrowed later, see S. v. arðr, and Grimm’s Gramm. iii. 414]:—a plough; plógr first occurs in the poem Rm.—karta at görva, keyra plóg, 19; skilling silfrs af plógi hverjum, Eg. 278; bera þeir þá út plóga sína, SkS. 336; ef maðr höggr eyk fyrir plógi eðr arðri, n. G. l. ii. 115; hón setti þá fyrir plóg en plógrinn gékk svá hart ok djúpt, Edda (begin.); rekum eigi plug af akri, Orkn. (in a verse); eiga auðan plóg, to have an idle plough, FmS. vi. (in a verse); fjándans plógr, Gd. 33.

plógr: 2. metaph. gain, produce, especial emoluments of an estate, either in down, jetsum, fowl, or the like; það er mesta plógs-jörð; virð lítils veraldar plóg, this world’s gain, PasS. 16. 10.

plógr: II. a Dan. pr. name, Plógr, FmS. xi. (Knytl. S.), whence mod. Dan. Ploug. plógs-land, n. an acre of land; gjalda mörk af hverju plógslandi, Orkn. 286: hann gaf henni eitt plógsland, Edda (begin.), (Yngl. S. ch. 5.)

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

begin.: beginning.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

s. v.: sub voce.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

ch.: chapter.

mod.: modern.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Knytl.: Knytlinga Saga. (E. I.)

Yngl. S.: Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)

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