Herskjöldr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - herskjöldr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "herskjöldr" (or herskjǫldr) in Norwegian.

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

herskjöldr (herskjǫldr): herskjöldr, m. Skjold som bæres i Krig ellerfiendtlig Hensigt, Avindskjold (mods. frið-skjöldr), fig. = herskapr 1; bera herskjöldí móti e-m Flat. II, 11917; fara herskildi,með herskildi Flat. II, 25314; fara landherskildi = herja land Flat. II, 2795;sló herskildi um borgir Stj. 61927.6411; setti hann sínn herskjöld um-hverfis borgina Stj. 5422.

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, herskjöldr may be more accurately written as herskjǫldr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚽᚱᛋᚴᛁᚯᛚᚦᚱ
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:

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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