Heybjörg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - heybjörg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "heybjörg" (or heybjǫrg) in Norwegian.

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

heybjörg (heybjǫrg): heybjörg, f. Høbjergning (jvf bjarga heyvisínu Fm. X, 227); var grasvöxtr eigigóðr fyrir því, at lítit þornaði, ok varðalllítil heybjörg manna Hænsn. 4 (13112).

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, heybjörg may be more accurately written as heybjǫrg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚽᛦᛒᛁᚯᚱᚵ
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.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

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