Hörtygill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hörtygill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hörtygill" (or hǫrtygill) in Norwegian.

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

hörtygill (hǫrtygill)
hörtygill, m. Linsnor? brunninn, fúinnhörtygill (Vulg. filum de stuppæ tor-tum putamine) Stj. 41624 jvf &vl

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, hörtygill may be more accurately written as hǫrtygill.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚱᛏᛦᚵᛁᛚᛚ
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:

m.
Masculin.

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