Fjörbrot

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörbrot

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörbrot" (or fjǫrbrot) in Norwegian.

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

fjörbrot (fjǫrbrot)
fjörbrot, n. pl. 1) Dødskamp. Bp. I,34518; Flat. I, 13313; liggja í fjörbrotumVöls. 1228 (c. 18); vera í fjörbrotumKrók. 346; Mar. 86521. 2) Drab. Frost.4 Indholdsreg.

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, fjörbrot may be more accurately written as fjǫrbrot.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᛒᚱᚮᛏ
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:

c.
Capitel.
eg.
egentlig.
lat.
latinsk.
n.
Neutrum.
p.
Pagina, side.
pl.
Pluralis.
s.
substantiv.

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