prjónn

prjónn
needle
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m. [Gael, prine; Scot. prin], a prin or pin, esp. of knitting pins; whence prjón-les, n. knitted wares, Snót 161: prjóna-peisa, n. a knitted jerkin: prjóna-stokkr, n. a prin-case: týtu-prjónn, a needle-pin:—prjónn as a nickname occurs in Sturl. iii. 209, so the word must then have been known.

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