Hjörþing

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hjörþing

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hjörþing" (or hjǫrþing) in Norwegian.

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

hjörþing (hjǫrþing)
hjörþing, n. Sverdmøde, = hjörstefna;poet. om Kamp. Ghv. 6.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, hjörþing may be more accurately written as hjǫrþing.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛁᚯᚱᚦᛁᚿᚵ
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:

n.
Neutrum.
p.
Pagina, side.
poet.
poetisk.
v.
Verbum.

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