Jaur

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jaur

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jaur" in Norwegian.

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

jaur: jaur, bekræftende Interjection, hvorved manmodsiger en Benægtelse eller tvilendeYtring; þeir sagðu, at hann (nL. kon-ungr) var eigi út kominn; jaur! sagðibiskup, sjá er sannr konungr, er núer út kominn OHm. 1114; þeir - kváð-ozk ekki hans félag hafa; jaur! sagðihann, þér sagðuzk víst vera hans fé-lagar OHm. 5914; sem hann - neitarsik þar hafa við verit, svarar hinnsæli Thomas honum svá mælandi: jaur!(= lat. immo L. 33) segir hann, guðþat veit, at ek em uruggr um þat, atek sá þik þar Thom. 24614; hví mælirþú þat? (at du gjerne vilde fyrstr vinnaá konunginum, har du nogen Grunddertil?) jaur! segir hann, þat var mérþá í hug, er hann brendi knörr þannfirir mér, er - OHm. 9123. Jvf. júr.

Part of speech: uten ordklasse

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᛆᚢᚱ
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:

f.: Feminin.

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

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