Holmganga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - holmganga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "holmganga" in Norwegian.

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

holmganga: holmganga, f. et Slags, ifølge Korm. 84(2022 fgg), fra einvígi forskjellig Tvekamp (se R. Keysers Nordmændenes Religions-forfatning i Hedendommen s. 116 fgg),hvis Love eller Regler beskrives Eg. 67 fg;Gunl. 11 fg; Svarfd. 8 fg; í þann tímavar sá siðr í Englandi, ef 2 mennkepptu um einn hlut, at þeir skylduleggja holmgöngu ok skyldi sá hafasínn hlut, er sigr féngi Flat. I, 1511;bjóða e-m holmgöngu dvs. opfordre en til saadan Tvekamp med sig, Gunl. 11;Flat. I, 1512. 49822; Vígagl. 1472; Ljósv. 1629. 3055; Vem. 175. 1914; Eg. 57 (12613);Nj. 24 (2712); skora á e-n til holm-göngu d. s. Dpl. 361; Ljósv. 1661;Vígagl. 415; Eg. 68 (16416); skora e-mtil holmgöngu d. s. Nj. 24 (3616); krefjaholmgöngu Fld. II, 4763; ráðin varholmganga með þeim Vem. 1920; stefnaholmgöngu Fld. II, 47830; reyna holm-göngu við e-n Fld. II, 4769.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚮᛚᛘᚵᛆᚿᚵᛆ
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.

fd.: finlandisk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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