Höggspjót

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höggspjót

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höggspjót" (or hǫggspjót) in Norwegian.

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

höggspjót (hǫggspjót): höggspjót, n. Spyd som bruges til athugge med (jvf Vígagl. 810. 29 fg). Eg.60 (1347); hann hafði höggspjót mikit-, en skaptit svá, at tók hendi tilfals OH. 15330 (Flat. II, 27325); högg-spjót mikit á lágu skapti, svá athendi mátti taka til fals Fm. VII,14322.

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, höggspjót may be more accurately written as hǫggspjót.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚵᚵᛋᛕᛁᚮᛏ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

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