Hjörlögr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hjörlögr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hjörlögr" (or hjǫrlǫgr) in Norwegian.

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

hjörlögr (hjǫrlǫgr)
hjörlögr, m. Sverdvæske, poet. om Blod. Fafn. 14.

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, hjörlögr may be more accurately written as hjǫrlǫgr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛁᚯᚱᛚᚯᚵᚱ
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.
poet.
poetisk.

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