Fjörlausn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörlausn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörlausn" (or fjǫrlausn) in Norwegian.

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

fjörlausn (fjǫrlausn)
fjörlausn, f. 1) Død; þola fjörlausn Hyndl.46 (49). 2) Løsepenge, Indrømmelse,hvorved en frelser sit Liv, undgaar Dø-den; þá tóku vér þá höndum ok lögðuá þá gjald ok fjörlausn, at þeir fyldibelginn gulli ok hyldi hann útan meðrauðu gulli Völs. 11312 (c. 14); Æsirbjóða fyrir sik fjörlausn, svá mikit fésem H. sjalfr vil á kveða SE. I, 35218;jvf 3541; Ólafr konungr bauð (dvs. til-bød) þá fjörlausn jarli, at hann skylditaka skírn o. s. v. OH. 9126.

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, fjörlausn may be more accurately written as fjǫrlausn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᛚᛆᚢᛋᚿ
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.
f.
Feminin.
ndl.
nydøidsk.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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