Halshögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - halshögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "halshögg" (or halshǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

halshögg (halshǫgg): halshögg, n. Hug, Slag over Nakken. El.11 D10; Flat. II, 43413; Homil. 10924;veita e-m halshögg Flat. I, 1392; Fm.VIII, 31820; gefa e-m halshögg Bp. I,1743; ljósta e-m halshögg Post. 3129.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛆᛚᛋᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

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