Hlíðarhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hlíðarhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hlíðarhögg" (or hlíðarhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

hlíðarhögg (hlíðarhǫgg): hlíðarhögg, n. Nedfældning af den i Lien,Fjeldsiden staaende Skov; frá forno hlíðar-höggi dvs. fra den Tid i gamle Dage,da Lien, Fjeldsiden ryddedes ved Sko-vens Udhugst, Dn. II, 8286.

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, hlíðarhögg may be more accurately written as hlíðarhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛚᛁᚦᛆᚱᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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.