Hamarshögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hamarshögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hamarshögg" (or hamarshǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

hamarshögg (hamarshǫgg)
hamarshögg, n. Hammerslag som gjøres eller tilføies en med hamarr 4 eller 5som Redskab. Stj. 5633.

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, hamarshögg may be more accurately written as hamarshǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛆᛘᛆᚱᛋᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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:

n.
Neutrum.

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