Fjörbaugr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörbaugr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörbaugr" (or fjǫrbaugr) in Norwegian.

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

fjörbaugr (fjǫrbaugr): fjörbaugr, m. den Livet frelsende baugreller Pengebod; þar skal gjaldast mörklögaura at feránsdómi goða þeim, erféránsdóminn nefndi, þat fé heitir fjör-baugr, en eyrir þess fjár heitir alaðs-festr; ef þat fé geldst eigi, þá verðrhann skógarmaðr óœll Grg. I, 8810 fg;jvf Nj. 145 (24024).

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, fjörbaugr may be more accurately written as fjǫrbaugr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᛒᛆᚢᚵᚱ
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.

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