Fjötra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjötra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjötra" (or fjǫtra) in Norwegian.

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

fjötra (fjǫtra): fjötra, v. (að) binde især Jernbaand for saaledes at holde fængslet, = setja ífjötur. OH. 1181; Alex. 10711; Nj. 90(13425); hann œrðist síðan, var nú þvíbæði bundinn ok fastliga fjötraðrHeilag. II, 4778; fjötra hest Vígagl.2268; ogsaa: fjötra bagga dvs. sammen- binde en Pakke, Fm. VI, 37824.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, fjötra may be more accurately written as fjǫtra.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛏᚱᛆ
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.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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