basmir
nafnorð, kvenkyn
f. pl. an απ. λεγ. in a verse in Hervar. S. (Ed. 1847), p. 56; bauð ek þér bróðir basmir óskerðar, fé ok fjöld meiðma; a dub. word, cp. Germ. besem, Engl. besom; mod. Germ. besen, North Germ. besemer, Dan. bismer (Icel. reizla), which are all connected. Ivar Aasen records a Norse word basm or basma; the Norse basm means twenty threads of the warp (basm here means loom?):—the Ed. in Fas. i. 207 gives a wrong spelling óskir tvær (qs. óskertar), and skips the word basrnir.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- dub.
- dubious.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Engl.
- English.
- mod.
- modern.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- qs.
- quasi.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hervar. S.
- Hervarar saga. (C. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)