æplesbarn (pl.) (ODan) noun

Literally ‘apple children’, supposedly referring to children who were so small that they played with apples.


apple-children ODan SkL 50 Refs:

Lund s.v. æplisbarn; Tamm and Vogt, eds, 2016, 300

Citation
  • ‘æplesbarn (pl.)’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/6098
    (07/27/2024)