Hœgindakirkja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hœgindakirkja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hœgindakirkja" in Norwegian.

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

hœgindakirkja: hœgindakirkja, f. Kirke som en Mand op- fører til sin egen Bekvemmelighed, = hœg-indiskirkja, (jvf hœgindishús) Frost.2, 1012; ef maðr gerir sér hœgindiskirkjuá jörðu sínni Borg. 1, 818 (2, 177. 3,127; jvf hœgindiskirkja NBKr. 414);hann (nl. biskup, naar han en Gangom Aaret kommer til graptarkirkja)er skyldr at - fá krismu hverjum prestibæði til heraðskirkju ok hœgindakirkju;en ef menn bera barn til hæginda-kirkju, ok er þat við dauða, kveðrprestr nei við at skíra, þá er hannsekr mörkum sex Borg. I, 109 (jvf3, 149).

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚵᛁᚿᚦᛆᚴᛁᚱᚴᛁᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.

nl.: nemlig.