Bryntröll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bryntröll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bryntröll" (or bryntrǫll) in Norwegian.

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

bryntröll (bryntrǫll)
bryntröll, n. et Slags Vaaben. (eg. Brynje-ødelægger jvf SE. II, 42925. 51211) vist-nok det samme, som senere kaldtes Kors-gevær, da Ordet Thom. 27017 jvf 27123bruges til Oversættelse af mlat. bisacuta(Du Cange II, 562) og altsaa maa haveværet et Spyd eller en Øxe med to imodsat Retning vendende Blade ellerEgge, og desuden efter Fld. III, 331havde en broddr. der gik i samme Ret-ning som Skaftet; noget som ogsaa stem-mer overens med den Stj. 46125 derovergivne Beskrivelse. Flat. I, 19312; Vallalj.287. 630; eg. 27 (5317); Dn. IV, 90;Grg. II, 21611 (Grág. 592).

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, bryntröll may be more accurately written as bryntrǫll.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚱᛦᚿᛏᚱᚯᛚᛚ
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:

eg.
egentlig.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
mlat.
Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.
n.
Neutrum.

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