Grábjörn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - grábjörn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "grábjörn" (or grábjǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

grábjörn (grábjǫrn): grábjörn, m. Landbjørn, = híðbjörn, skógar-björn, urðbjörn, viðbjörn, mods. hvíta-björn. Flat. I, 25723; Fld. I, 515.

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, grábjörn may be more accurately written as grábjǫrn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᛆᛒᛁᚯᚱᚿ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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