Hörmungarvíg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hörmungarvíg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hörmungarvíg" (or hǫrmungarvíg) in Norwegian.

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

hörmungarvíg (hǫrmungarvíg)
hörmungarvíg, n. beklagelsesværdigt Drab.Vatsd. 4 (810).

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, hörmungarvíg may be more accurately written as hǫrmungarvíg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚱᛘᚢᚿᚵᛆᚱᚠᛁᚵ
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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