Jarðarmegin

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jarðarmegin

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jarðarmegin" in Norwegian.

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

jarðarmegin
jarðarmegin, n. 1) Størrelsen af en Jord-eiendom; gerði at jarðarmagni sá, erhafa vill garð ok svá sá, er til móts áLandsl. 7, 312; skolu þeir svá haldagarð upp, sem þeir hafa jarðarmegintil Gul. 822; skolu þeir viða at hjóna-tali en eigi at jarðarmagni Landsl. 7,1612. 2) Jordens Kraft? sá var aukinnjarðarmegni, svalköldum sæ ok sónar-dreyra Hyndl. 36 (38); þat (nl. full) varum aukit jarðarmagni - sonardreyraGuðr. 2, 21 jvf Völs. 16412 (c. 32);hvars þú öl drekkr, kjós þú þér jarðar-megin, því at gerð tekr við öldri Hm.138 (137).

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᛆᚱᚦᛆᚱᛘᚽᚵᛁᚿ
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:

c.
Capitel.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.
nl.
nemlig.
ndl.
nydøidsk.
s.
substantiv.

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