Eggvölr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - eggvölr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "eggvölr" (or eggvǫlr) in Norwegian.

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

eggvölr (eggvǫlr): eggvölr, m. det Stykke Staal, som Smeden indlægger til Egg paa et skjærende Red-skab eller Vaaben for at give det for-nøden Haardhed og Skarbhed, = egg-teinn; B. smíðaði Þormóði eyxi breiðaat Þormóðar fyrirsögn; hún var sleginofan öll af ok fram til eggjar, eigivar eggvölr fyrir henni (dvs. den varhamret i et helt Stykke lige fra Ryggenog ud i Eggen, saa at der ikke var ind-lagt noget Staal i denne, jvf einjárn-ungr) helzti var hún bitrlig Fbr. 866;setjast niðr ok snerpa öxar sínar -sakir þess, at vatn er fjarri, snerpirhann eggvölinn - meðr tungu sínniBp. II, 9430.

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, eggvölr may be more accurately written as eggvǫlr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᚵᚵᚠᚯᛚᚱ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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