Fjöturr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjöturr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjöturr" (or fjǫturr) in Norwegian.

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

fjöturr (fjǫturr): fjöturr, m. (G. fjöturs, jvf dog fjötrar-rauf; N. Pl. fjötrar & fjötur?) 1) Baandisær af Jern som lægges om ens Hals,Fod eller Haand for saaledes at holde ham fængslet. Fm. XI, 289 fg; Bev.22425; setja e-n í fjötur OH. 1181;spenna e-m fjötur fótum Völ. 11;setja á fœtr honom fjötra Alex. 10718;settu fjötur á fœtr Herv. 23119; hristifjötur at honum Bp. I, 73026; jvf her-fjöturr 2) = fjöturláss Fm. VIII, 34123. 3) Baand, Støtte, som forbinder Slæ-dens Mede med dens øvre derpaa hvi-lende Del (jvf fjötrarrauf og Folkespr. fjetra Aasen 161 a37). Sigdrif. 15. 4) fen fjöturs? Völ. 22. 32.

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, fjöturr may be more accurately written as fjǫturr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛏᚢᚱᚱ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

v.: Verbum.

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