Hlífiskjöldr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hlífiskjöldr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hlífiskjöldr" (or hlífiskjǫldr) in Norwegian.

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

hlífiskjöldr (hlífiskjǫldr)
hlífiskjöldr, m. eg. beskyttende Skjold, men kun brugt i den figurlige Betydning:Beskyttelse, Forsvar eller hvad som tjener dertil, = hlífskjöldr Heilag. I, 1728.67031; Kgs. 10029 (Brenn. 1217); hitthafða ek ætlat at hafa öngan mannat hlífiskildi mér Nj. 151 (2622).

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, hlífiskjöldr may be more accurately written as hlífiskjǫldr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛚᛁᚠᛁᛋᚴᛁᚯᛚᚦᚱ
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:

eg.
egentlig.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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