Heimröst

Old Norwegian Dictionary - heimröst

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "heimröst" (or heimrǫst) in Norwegian.

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

heimröst (heimrǫst)
heimröst, f. 1) Vei paa en Gaard somsætter Husene i Forbindelse med Alfar-veien. Landsl. 7, 463. 2) Hjemmejord,mods. útröst, útvegr. Landsl. 7, 5813. 16;Dn. III, 71710. 16. IV, 1135. X, 169.

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, heimröst may be more accurately written as heimrǫst.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚽᛁᛘᚱᚯᛋᛏ
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.
gr.
græft.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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