Afhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - afhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "afhögg" (or afhǫgg) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

afhögg (afhǫgg): afhögg, n. 1) Afhuggen, Afhugst. Alex.3419; Post. 50018; ef maðr höggr höndeða fót af manni eða hvert afhögg erhann veitir Frost. 4, 421 jvf Gul. 179. 2) Affald ved Hugst, hvad der afhugges.Flat. I, 28937; Post. 50019.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, afhögg may be more accurately written as afhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚠᚼᚯᚵᚵ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.: latinsk.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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