Fjörlag

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörlag

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörlag" (or fjǫrlag) in Norwegian.

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

fjörlag (fjǫrlag)
fjörlag, n. Død, Drab (ags. feorhlege);verða, vera e-m at fjörlagi = verðae-m at fjörlesti Hm. 119 (118); Lok.50 fg

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, fjörlag may be more accurately written as fjǫrlag.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᛚᛆᚵ
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.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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