Djöfulsmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - djöfulsmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "djöfulsmaðr" (or djǫfulsmaðr) in Norwegian.

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

djöfulsmaðr (djǫfulsmaðr)
djöfulsmaðr, m. Mand som er i Djæve-lens Tjeneste o. s. v. Sturl. I, 2923.

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, djöfulsmaðr may be more accurately written as djǫfulsmaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᛁᚯᚠᚢᛚᛋᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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