Hjörleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hjörleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hjörleikr" (or hjǫrleikr) in Norwegian.

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

hjörleikr (hjǫrleikr)
hjörleikr, m. Sverdleg, poet. om Kamp. Sig. 2, 23.

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, hjörleikr may be more accurately written as hjǫrleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛁᚯᚱᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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.
p.
Pagina, side.
poet.
poetisk.

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