Fjörbaugssök

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörbaugssök

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörbaugssök" (or fjǫrbaugssǫk) in Norwegian.

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

fjörbaugssök (fjǫrbaugssǫk): fjörbaugssök, f. Retssag, hvorved en søgesdømt til fjörbaugsgarðr 1. Grett. 17416;Nj. 106 (16428). 145 (24017); Eg. 85(21522).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᛒᛆᚢᚵᛋᛋᚯᚴ
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:

f.: Feminin.

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