Aldamót

Old Norwegian Dictionary - aldamót

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "aldamót" in Norwegian.

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

aldamót: aldamót, n, synes at maatte betegne denTid, da to aldir mœtast, og en saadanTid nævnes Rimb. 6116. 20 med følgendeOrd: nú at því, at hon (dvs. páskaöld)kennir til þess, hve páskadagr skalverða misseri hver svá lengi sem heimr-inn stendr, þá er hon af því kölloðpáskaöld ok skolo þá mœtast, es sjáöld hefr, báðar aldir sólaröld oktunglöld, ok fara allar saman meðanen fyrsta tunglöld vinnst; og denneTid synes at maatte være ment, naardet heder: þá ero þrir vetr eptir tilaldamóts Rimb. 6215. Kan den ogsaavære ment Isl. 10 (1819) hvor der siges:á því ári eno sama obiit Paschalissecundus pape - ok Baldvine Jórsala-konungr ok Arnaldus patriarcha í Híerú-salem ok Philippus Svíakonungr (seHerv. 29816 fg), en siðar et sama sumarAlexius Grikkjakonungr - en 2 vetromsiðar varð aldamót? Da Kong Balduinog Pave Paschalis secundus døde i Aaret 1118 (se C. D. Beck, Anleitung zurKenntniss der allg. Welt- und Völker-geschichte III, 309, 484), kan aldamótikke her tages i Betydningen af Grændse-punktet mellem 2de Aarhundreder, hvil-ken Betydning Ordet har i nyere Islandsk.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᛚᚦᛆᛘᚮᛏ
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:

D.: Dativ.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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