Fjörsmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjörsmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjörsmaðr" (or fjǫrsmaðr) in Norwegian.

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

fjörsmaðr (fjǫrsmaðr): fjörsmaðr, m. Person som staar en (e-s)efter Livet. Fsk. 27229.

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, fjörsmaðr may be more accurately written as fjǫrsmaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᚱᛋᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.