Hörmungarlæti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hörmungarlæti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hörmungarlæti" (or hǫrmungarlæti) in Norwegian.

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

hörmungarlæti (hǫrmungarlæti): hörmungarlæti, n. Beklagelse, Yttring afBedrøvelse. Fld. III, 3034 (jvf 30222 fg).

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, hörmungarlæti may be more accurately written as hǫrmungarlæti.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚱᛘᚢᚿᚵᛆᚱᛚᛅᛏᛁ
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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