Flannstöng

Old Norwegian Dictionary - flannstöng

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "flannstöng" (or flannstǫng) in Norwegian.

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

flannstöng (flannstǫng)
flannstöng, f. et Slags Nidstang som op- reises til ens Forhaanelse eller Beskjæm-melse (se níðstöng); ef maður verðurað því kunnur ok sannur að hann- - reiser staung og kallar flanstœngNL. IV, 611 (§ 29) aftrykt af Arne Magnussøns Afskrift af Sysselmand Bjarne Peterssøns Excerpter fra Am. 315 f. i Am. 146 qv. Jvf. ef maðrverðr at því kunnr eða sannr, at hann- reisir stöng ok kallar skaldzstöngSKr. 793.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛚᛆᚿᚿᛋᛏᚯᚿᚵ
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.
L.
Linje.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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