Hurðarhringr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hurðarhringr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hurðarhringr" in Norwegian.

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

hurðarhringr
hurðarhringr, m. Ring som hænger i enDør (hurð) og er fæstet deri, for at mankan gribe i den og ved Hjælp derafbevæge Døren; Þ. þrífr í hurðarringinnok rekr aptr hurðina Hænsn. 10 (189),se under hurð; sem þeir kómu at loft-inu, þá váru allar hurðir fast byrgðar,ok tóku þeir í hurðarringinn ok skókufjórum sinnum El. 8414.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚢᚱᚦᛆᚱᚼᚱᛁᚿᚵᚱ
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.
n.
Neutrum.

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