Beinhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - beinhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "beinhögg" (or beinhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

beinhögg (beinhǫgg)
beinhögg, n. Hugg som gaar lige ind tilBenet; höggr O. til Más ok verðr þatsvöðusár ok eigi beinhögg Sturl. I, 1125.

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, beinhögg may be more accurately written as beinhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚽᛁᚿᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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:

n.
Neutrum.

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