Hömulgrýti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hömulgrýti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hömulgrýti" (or hǫmulgrýti) in Norwegian.

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

hömulgrýti (hǫmulgrýti)
hömulgrýti, n. Samling af (især runde)Smaastene, som danne et tæt og fast Lagumiddelbart under Jordskorpen (Folkespr.humul, humulstein Aasen 306 a44 fgg);væntir mik, at þat skal eigi vera íófrævan akr sát ok eigi undir valdfljúgandi fugla eða rífandi dýra okeigi á klungri (&vl klungrvaxna jörð)eða hamulgrýti (&vl hemlogrýti), eraf harðleik gefr engan ávöxt Barl.1920.

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, hömulgrýti may be more accurately written as hǫmulgrýti.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᛘᚢᛚᚵᚱᛦᛏᛁ
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:

n.
Neutrum.

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