Austrhalfa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - austrhalfa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "austrhalfa" in Norwegian.

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

austrhalfa: austrhalfa, f. den østligere Del; hennar(dvs. Europas) austrhalfa Stj. 8222; a.jarðríkisins Stj. 432; a. veraldarinnarStj. 6734; a. heimsins Alex. 492; Stj.7912; Asia heitir a. heimsins Homil.4723; ogsaa absol. austrhalfa om Asien Stj. 687. 7826; í austrhalfu meiri Asieer sá staðr er Paradisus heitir Heilag.II, 5523; Asia hefir nafn tekit af konu,er í fornum tíma hélt austrhalfu Heilag.II, 5517; í Görðum austr ok í austr-halfunni Fm. X, 275 jvf Fm. I, 96;ofte i Betydning af Orienten mods.Occidenten: Heilag. I, 64323 og isærom det østromerske eller byzantinske Rige austrhalfa ok vestrhalfa heimsins Hei-lag. I, 70313.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚢᛋᛏᚱᚼᛆᛚᚠᛆ
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.

absol.: absolut.

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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