Hörpustokkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hörpustokkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hörpustokkr" (or hǫrpustokkr) in Norwegian.

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

hörpustokkr (hǫrpustokkr): hörpustokkr, m. Harpelegemet, Stok hvor- paa eller hvorover Harpens Strenge ere udspændte. Flat. I, 35835; jvf Völs.c. 43.

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, hörpustokkr may be more accurately written as hǫrpustokkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚱᛕᚢᛋᛏᚮᚴᚴᚱ
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:

c.: Capitel.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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