bismar

English

Etymology

From Danish bismer, from Middle Low German bisemer, via a Slavic language from Turkish batman (“a unit of weight”).

Noun

bismar (plural bismars)

  1. (historical) A kind of steelyard used in Orkney.

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Dialectal forms
  • bøssmal, bøssmår, besmal (Trøndelag)
  • bismål (Setesdal)
  • bismal (Agder)
  • bismår (Kristiansand)
  • bysmar (Slidremål)
  • bysmør (Ullensaker)
  • bøsmør
  • bøsmer

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse bismari, from Old East Slavic безмѣнъ (bezměnŭ). First attested in 1698 in Fyresdal by Thomas Bloch.

Noun

bismar m (definite singular bismaren, indefinite plural bismarar, definite plural bismarane)

  1. steelyard

Derived terms

  • bismarpund
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