Hömlubarði

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hömlubarði

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hömlubarði" (or hǫmlubarði) in Norwegian.

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

hömlubarði (hǫmlubarði)
hömlubarði, m. Fartøi som er berøvet sin stýrihamla, som driver om paa Søenuden at styres? ef svá ílla berr einuhverju ríki til -, at mörg eru kon-unga efni, enda verðr svá íllt ráð tekit,at öll verða senn skrýdd konungligritign eða nafni, þá má þat ríki kallahömlubarða (&vl hömlumbarða) eðaauðnar óðal Kgs. 7533.

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, hömlubarði may be more accurately written as hǫmlubarði.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᛘᛚᚢᛒᛆᚱᚦᛁ
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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