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bjarmer.

Bjarmians; a people known from Old Norse and Old English sources who lived in Bjarmaland, south and southeast of the White Sea

7 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/²ˈbjar.mər/[ˈbjɑ̂ɾ.məɾ]
  1. Bjarmians; a people known from Old Norse and Old English sources who lived in Bjarmaland, south and southeast of the White Sea

    collective · historical · masculine · plural
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse bjarmar (“Bjarmians”), an ethnic name used chiefly in the plural. The Old Norse ethnonym was probably borrowed from Finnic; the exact source form and its original meaning are unknown. Compare Beormas (“Bjarmians”), the form recorded in the Old English account of Ohthere of Hålogaland's voyage, as well as Norwegian Nynorsk bjarmar, Swedish bjarmer, Danish bjarmer and Icelandic Bjarmar, and the learned Finnish borrowing bjarmi (“Bjarmian”).

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