- ERMR
- (gen. -ar, dat. and acc. -i; pl. -ar), f. sleeve.* * *f., mod. ermi, dat. and acc. ermi, pl. ermar, [armr], an arm, sleeve, Fms. v. 207, vi. 349, xi. 332, Nj. 35, Clem. 54, Landn. 147: so in the saying, lofa upp í ermina á sér, to make promises in one’s sleeve, i. e. to promise without meaning to keep one’s word.COMPDS: ermadrög, ermakápa, ermakjós, ermalangr, ermalauss, ermastuttr, ermavíðr, ermaþröngr.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.