Hjörð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hjörð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hjörð" (or hjǫrð) in Norwegian.

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

hjörð (hjǫrð): hjörð, f. (G. hjarðar, n. Pl. hjarðir)Kvæg; hjarðir þat vitu, nær þær heimskolu, ok ganga þá af grasi Hm. 20 (21);bað hana renna þar augum yfir hjúok hjörð (dvs. Folk og Fæ) Karlsefn. 3(Aa. 10713); fóru þau heim með hjúmsínum ok hjörð Homil. 12936; gætahjarðar Stj. 46030. 46217; reka hjörðHm. 70 (71); Flat. I, 15135; nú ferr alltsaman hjörð ok hirðir, þá skal hirðingivita, hvat af hjörðu verðr Landsl. 7,381; svaraði s., at Ingi konungr myndiöðru verða við at koma, en vísa þeimí haga sem hjörð Fm. VII, 5418; jvfSturl. I, 3602.

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, hjörð may be more accurately written as hjǫrð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛁᚯᚱᚦ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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