Höldmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höldmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höldmaðr" (or hǫldmaðr) in Norwegian.

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

höldmaðr (hǫldmaðr)
höldmaðr, m. = höldborinn maðr, höldr;hauldmaðr má gefa syni sínum þýborn-um 3 merkr, en lendr maðr 6 merkr,bóandi 12 aura, leysings son 6 auraGul. 1298; á leysingi á sér 6 aura ateinörðom rétti, en sunr hans mörk a.e. r., bóandi 12 aura a. e. r., hauld-maðr 3 merkr a. e. r., lendr maðr okstallari 6 merkr a. e. r., lends manns sunskal taka haulds rétt, ef hann fær eigilönd Gul. 2002 jvf 4; ef hann mælir(nl. fullrétti) við hauldmann, gjaldi 3merkr, arbornum manni 2 merkr, reks-þegni 12 aura, leysingja(syni) mörkFrost. 10, 35; þá skal grafa hauldmennok þeirra börn (= Textens haulda okhaulda börn) Borg. 1, 9 &vl 2; jvf þáskal grafa hauldmann ok þeirra börnBorg. 2, 186; grefr leysingja í hauld-manns lego Borg. 3, 1311.

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, höldmaðr may be more accurately written as hǫldmaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᛚᚦᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

a.
accusativ.
m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.

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