Hörpuhljóð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hörpuhljóð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hörpuhljóð" (or hǫrpuhljóð) in Norwegian.

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

hörpuhljóð (hǫrpuhljóð): hörpuhljóð, n. Lyd af Harpespil, = hljóðhörpustrengja. Heilag. II, 63315.

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, hörpuhljóð may be more accurately written as hǫrpuhljóð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚱᛕᚢᚼᛚᛁᚮᚦ
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:

a.: accusativ.

n.: Neutrum.