Fjörlöstr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörlöstr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörlöstr" (or fjǫrlǫstr) in Norwegian.

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

fjörlöstr (fjǫrlǫstr): fjörlöstr, m. Livstab, Død (jvf gsv. fior-læsting Schlyter 167 a15): gera, veitae-m fjörlöst dvs. dræbe en, Grág. 7415;Jómsv.* 11525 (Fm. XI, 13514); jvf Jómsv.7332; Flat. I, 19133; ráða e-m fjörlöstGrág. 7415; verða e-m at fjörlesti dvs.volde, foraarsage ens Død, Gísl. 6211.

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, fjörlöstr may be more accurately written as fjǫrlǫstr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᛚᚯᛋᛏᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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