Bjarngjöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bjarngjöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bjarngjöld" (or bjarngjǫld) in Norwegian.

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

bjarngjöld (bjarngjǫld): bjarngjöld, n. pl. Betaling, Godtgjørelse til en for at have dræbt en Bjørn (jvfhér gengr björn um eyna hinn mestispellvirki, drepr hann bæði menn okfénað ok er lagt fé til höfuðs honumEg. 60 (13415); Bárðr stefnir þing okgerir björninn sekjan ok leggr fé tilhöfuðs honum Finb. 2320 og den gsv.Lovbestemmelse: hwar biörn dræper,giwi hanum bonde, hwar i fjarþungeþem ær, en swenskan penning Suderm.Bygn. 27: 1; saa og ulfsgield i Hyltén-Cavallius Värend och Vidarne I,400. 346 fg & § 86). Flóam. 25.

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛁᛆᚱᚿᚵᛁᚯᛚᚦ
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:

gn.: gammelnorsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

v.: Verbum.

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