Egg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - egg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "egg" in Norwegian.

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

egg: egg, f. (G. eggjar, D. eggju, n. Pl. eggjar) 1) Egg paa skjærende Redskab eller Vaa- ben, lat. acies. Hm. 149; Nj. 90 (756); EG.38 (756); eyða með eggju ok eldi Stj.47922; eyða með oddi ok eggju Fm. VI,14415; verja oddi ok eggju Landsl. 7,1414; Pr. 8522; þat (nl. Paternoster okCredo) er bæði oddr ok egg í mótallri kostan fjándans Hom. 652. 2) Rygg,øverske Kam af et FjelD. Dn. II, 821;om Ordets Anvendelse i Tyskland med denne Betydning se Birlinger Aleman-nia VI, 147 fg; Oesterr. WeisthümerVI, 569 a5 fg; deraf rauðegg Kalfsk.8 a, hvor det vel betegner en Jordeien-dom, der ligger under et Fjeld af detteNavn. Som Stedsnavn forekommer Ordet ofte f. Ex. OH. 1031; Egg i Skaun Dn. V, 1127; Egg eller Eggjar iSogndal (indre Sogn) Kalfsk. 35 b3. 7. 18. 21.36 a29. b23; Eggjar i Lier ved DrammenEJb. 1003. 25122. 28220; Dn. IV, 554.556. 676. 690. V, 176; og i Eggjar-húsar Kalfsk. 36 a18; Eggjadalr Dn.I, 230; EJb. 30227.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᚵᚵ
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:

D.: Dativ.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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