Fjölhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjölhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjölhögg" (or fjǫlhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

fjölhögg (fjǫlhǫgg)
fjölhögg, n. = fjalhögg; hann þóttist atfjölhöggi hafðr náliga ok mikil ván á,at á hann hafði komit höggit, ef afMarteini hafði stokkit, þar sem drjúgumlágu saman axlir þeirra Bp. I, 69635.

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, fjölhögg may be more accurately written as fjǫlhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛚᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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:

n.
Neutrum.
p.
Pagina, side.

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