Friðskjöldr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - friðskjöldr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "friðskjöldr" (or friðskjǫldr) in Norwegian.

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

friðskjöldr (friðskjǫldr): friðskjöldr, m. Skjold som hæves i Veiretsom Tegn til, Begjæring om, at der skalindtræde en Standsning af Fiendtlig-heder mellem de Stridende (hvilket Skjold var hvidt Fm. X, 3471 fg); bregða uppfriðskildi Flat. II, 50424; Fld. II, 53427;bregða upp hvítum friðskildi Fris.26717.

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, friðskjöldr may be more accurately written as friðskjǫldr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᛁᚦᛋᚴᛁᚯᛚᚦᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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