Hvítabjörn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hvítabjörn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hvítabjörn" (or hvítabjǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

hvítabjörn (hvítabjǫrn): hvítabjörn, m. Hvidbjørn, Isbjørn (jvf hinn hvíti björninn, er á Grœnlandier Kgs. 437). Am. 18; Grág. 435(Grg. I, 3322); Anal.1 18012 (Pr. 545);Bp. I, 6114; FlD. II, 11410; om saa-danne bjarndýri er der Tale ogsaa VatsD. 15 (2615); Flóam. 25 (14829);Krók. 241. 384; jvf p. Claussön 213 fg;og om deres Udførsel fra Grønland ellerIsland til Norge, og derfra tildels tilsydligere Lande se Flat. III, 411. 4466;VatsD. 16 (2710. 20) jvf Landn. 3, 3;Krók. 384; Bp. I, 6113 fg; og J. GrimmReinhard Fuchs CCXXV, jvf Le romandu Renart par D. m. Meon IV, 333 fgg, Renart le nouvel v. 4955-5009, hvor Blancart (dvs. Hvidebjørnen) paa Kongens Spørgsmaal svarer ham, at den er fra Noireweghe (v. 5006); ligesom denneHvidebjørnens Udførsel til sydligere Landevel har givet Anledning til, at man deransaa og omtalte Norge som et BjørnenesHjem.

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, hvítabjörn may be more accurately written as hvítabjǫrn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᛁᛏᛆᛒᛁᚯᚱᚿ
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:

D.: Dativ.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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