Höggskógr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höggskógr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höggskógr" (or hǫggskógr) in Norwegian.

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

höggskógr (hǫggskógr)
höggskógr, m. Skov hvori der hugges, kanfældes Træer; þat er höggskógr, er mennhöggva upp (mods. hrísrif, se dette Ord)Grág. 45210 jvf 8 (Grg. II, 912: höggvajvf 9031).

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, höggskógr may be more accurately written as hǫggskógr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚵᚵᛋᚴᚮᚵᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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