Fjörráð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörráð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörráð" (or fjǫrráð) in Norwegian.

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

fjörráð (fjǫrráð): fjörráð, n. Efterstræbelse der gaar ud paaat berøve en Livet. Grág. 36921; Frost.4, 37; setja fjörráð fyrir e-n Vem. 2940;fjörráð við e-n Flat. I, 14728. 3446;ráða fjörráðum um e-n, við e-n dvs.stræbe en efter Livet, Heilag. I, 20314;Leif. 15736; ráðast fjörráðum dvs. stræbehinanden efter Livet, Leif. 17028.

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, fjörráð may be more accurately written as fjǫrráð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᚱᛆᚦ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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