Bóndaskjöldr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bóndaskjöldr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bóndaskjöldr" (or bóndaskjǫldr) in Norwegian.

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

bóndaskjöldr (bóndaskjǫldr): bóndaskjöldr, m. saadant Skjold, som enBonde skal have for dermed i Tilfælde at møde frem til Landets Forsvar (jvfLandsl. 3, 115 fgg) DN. I, 32122.

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, bóndaskjöldr may be more accurately written as bóndaskjǫldr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚮᚿᚦᛆᛋᚴᛁᚯᛚᚦᚱ
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:

m.: Masculin.