Alibjörn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - alibjörn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "alibjörn" (or alibjǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

alibjörn (alibjǫrn)
alibjörn, m. Bjørn som holdes, fødes af Men-nesker, Grg. I, 1562; a. hvítr Grg. II, 188.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᛚᛁᛒᛁᚯᚱᚿ
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:

a.
accusativ.
m.
Masculin.

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