Höggvandi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höggvandi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höggvandi" (or hǫggvandi) in Norwegian.

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

höggvandi (hǫggvandi): höggvandi, m. (eg. Præt. Part. af höggva) 1) Person som hugger, ved Hug saarer;ber ek gaflak undir hjarta mítt -,en ei dirfumst ek at segja nafn högg-vanda Pamfil. 1302. 2) Person hvisGjerning det er at halshugge (jvf Jómsv.75 under höggva 4); er þeir kómo tilstaðar þess, er þeir skyldo höggnirvera, þá mælti J. við höggvandann:fœrþu - Post. 52915. - Ordet fore-kommer som Øgenavn: Hávarðr h. Jómsv.717. 74; Þorgils h. Heið. 31 (3689);jvf Höggvandastaðir Heið. 28 (35920);Höggvandavík DN. IV, 9030.

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, höggvandi may be more accurately written as hǫggvandi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚵᚵᚠᛆᚿᚦᛁ
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.

Part.: Participium.

v.: Verbum.

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