Hjartahöll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hjartahöll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hjartahöll" (or hjartahǫll) in Norwegian.

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

hjartahöll (hjartahǫll)
hjartahöll, f. fig. for hjarta. Homil. 939.

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, hjartahöll may be more accurately written as hjartahǫll.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛁᛆᚱᛏᛆᚼᚯᛚᛚ
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:

a.
accusativ.
f.
Feminin.
fig.
figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

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