Bending

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bending

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bending" in Norwegian.

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

bending: bending, f. 1) Tegn, Vink. Frost. 4, 34;nefna guðs nafn með raddarinnar ben-dingu (lat. vocem emittere et nomendei nominare) Heilag. II, 3615; gerae-m bending Flat. I, 4328; aðrir limirhafa sik eptir mannsins boði ok bend-ingu útan þessir (dvs. leyndarlimir) eigiStj. 364. 2) Tegn, Varsel, Mirakel; víst eruþetta bendingar stórra bardaga Flov.15030; kom ótti yfir heiðingja af þeirribending, er yfir konungsskipit komhiti svá mikill, at - Fm. VII, 1955;nema hann hefndi með nökkurri bend-ingu þeirra údœma Hom. 15321; efþú - þá mantu brátt fá bending okharða hefnd af guði Barl. 3831.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚽᚿᚦᛁᚿᚵ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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