Íshöggagangr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - íshöggagangr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "íshöggagangr" (or íshǫggagangr) in Norwegian.

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

íshöggagangr (íshǫggagangr): íshöggagangr, m. Virksomhed med at op-hugge Is; keyrði hann til íshöggagangsVígl. 7323.

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, íshöggagangr may be more accurately written as íshǫggagangr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᛋᚼᚯᚵᚵᛆᚵᛆᚿᚵᚱ
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.