Hriflingabjörg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hriflingabjörg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hriflingabjörg" (or hriflingabjǫrg) in Norwegian.

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

hriflingabjörg (hriflingabjǫrg)
hriflingabjörg, f. knapt Udkomme, saa atman ikke har mere end det allernødtørf-tigste til at hjælpe sig med; kona hans(Hriflings) heitir Arghyrna, þau erulæknar góðír, en eiga ómegð mikla oklifa við handbjörg sína, ok er slíktkallat hriflingabjörg, sem þau hafaFld. III, 53812.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, hriflingabjörg may be more accurately written as hriflingabjǫrg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚱᛁᚠᛚᛁᚿᚵᛆᛒᛁᚯᚱᚵ
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:

f.
Feminin.

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