Hyrningr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hyrningr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hyrningr" in Norwegian.

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

hyrningr: hyrningr, m. 1) Gjenstand, Person somhar Horn (horn 1); mart mælir hyrn-ingr sjá, er staf hefir í hendi ok uppiá sem verðrarhorn bjúgt OHm. 3616 jvf3612. 3710 (OH. 10823); hyrningr kaldtes Biskoppen fordi han havde mitru á höfðiOHm. 3613; jvf tha the sagho ærche-biscopin (nl. St. Sigfrid) klæddan i sinscrud swa som ær, Och mædh krok-stafwer ok krona: Tha thænkto somihan hafua horn a hofdhe Fornsv. Le-gendarium II, 84622; fore thy (nl. fordiMoses syntes have to Horn, da han ned-steg af Sinai Bjerg S. 35425. 3559 fgg;jvf Stj. 31435; Winer bibl. Realwörter-buch2 13732 fg) hawer biskoper twæ-hornadha krono tha han sigher sungnamæsso Svenska Medeltidens Bibel-arbeten I, 35518; "Wenn die Schneckedurch irgend etwas verle/tz/t wird, zieht sieihre Hörner ein, ebenso geht es mit denBischöfen, die gehörnte Mü/tz/en tragen" H. Knust Uddrag af libro de los gatos i Jahrbuch für rom. und eng. Litera-tur VI, 38. Jvf. einhyrningr. 2) Gjen-stand som har flere Hjørner (horn 7 og 11)i þríhyrningr; jvf einhyrningr Kaa-lund I, 249.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛦᚱᚿᛁᚿᚵᚱ
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:

eng.: engels.

f.: Feminin.

gr.: græft.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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