Hirðfjöldi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hirðfjöldi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hirðfjöldi" (or hirðfjǫldi) in Norwegian.

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

hirðfjöldi (hirðfjǫldi)
hirðfjöldi, m. Mængde hirðmenn. Ridd.1273.

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, hirðfjöldi may be more accurately written as hirðfjǫldi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛁᚱᚦᚠᛁᚯᛚᚦᛁ
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:

m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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