Fjör

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjör

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjör" (or fjǫr) in Norwegian.

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

fjör (fjǫr): fjör, n. (Dat. fjörvi) Liv; komast meðfjörvi í braut OH. 588; E. gékk velok sköruliga fram í orrostunni, semhann ætti margra fjör Trist. 8 (4031);fjör fellr or e-m dvs. en dør, Grett.18322; þat eta menn, er vargar bítaok þeir synja fjörs Gul. 314; hverr erfrekr til fjörsins dvs. enhver gjør sitbedste for at frelse Livet, Þ.stang. 544;Fld. II, 1505; er fé fjörvi firra Nj. 84(12420); alt er fjörvi firr Laxd. 61(1782); verjandi fjörs síns ok fjár Grág.30522; jvf Sól. 1: munu hvárki fyrirsjá fé sínu eða fjörvi OH. 3111; póttistA. eiga höndum ok fótum fjör atlauna dvs. at takke for Livet, Bp. I,62917.

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, fjör may be more accurately written as fjǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱ
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:

Dat.: Dativ.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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