Hörpuleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hörpuleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hörpuleikr" (or hǫrpuleikr) in Norwegian.

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

hörpuleikr (hǫrpuleikr)
hörpuleikr, m. Harpespil, = hörpuslagr.Fris. 2887 (Hkr. 66922).

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, hörpuleikr may be more accurately written as hǫrpuleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚱᛕᚢᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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:

gr.
græft.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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