Fjörsegi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörsegi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörsegi" (or fjǫrsegi) in Norwegian.

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

fjörsegi (fjǫrsegi)
fjörsegi, m. Livsslintre, Livsmuskel; poet.om Hjertet: Fafn. 3.

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, fjörsegi may be more accurately written as fjǫrsegi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᛋᚽᚵᛁ
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.
poet.
poetisk.

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