Hleypihvel

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hleypihvel

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hleypihvel" in Norwegian.

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

hleypihvel: hleypihvel, n. Krigsmaskine, som beskrivessaaledes: h. er ok gótt vápn þeim, erkastala skal verja, ok skal gört veraaf tveim kvernsteinum, en öxull skalmillim vera, görr af seigri eik, síðanskal leggja út yfir vígskörð ráshöll borð,ok skulu þessi hjól þar á hlaupa oksvá út á folkit Kgs. 8937 (Kgs. Bren. 1075); jvf I. lét reisa stór hjól (i Bor-gen), ok öll sett útan með hvössum tindum ok broddum; - - þeir I.hleyptu á þá hjólunum með öllumhérbúnaði, varð af því mikit mann-spell ok raufst fylkingin Ingv. 7(157 b8. 16).

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛚᚽᛦᛕᛁᚼᚠᚽᛚ
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.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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