Fangbrögð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fangbrögð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fangbrögð" (or fangbrǫgð) in Norwegian.

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

fangbrögð (fangbrǫgð): fangbrögð, n. pl. Fangtag, Brydning, =fang 3. Kjaln. 18; takast fangbrögð-um Flat. I, 33819; Fm. III, 18727;Svarfd. 1529; Flóam. 13 (13123); reynafangbrögð Fld. II, 13324; fig. búa sikmóti fangbrögðum fjándans Barl. 20110.

Part of speech: n pl

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, fangbrögð may be more accurately written as fangbrǫgð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚿᚵᛒᚱᚯᚵᚦ
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:

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

fd.: finlandisk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

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