Jólagjöf

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jólagjöf

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jólagjöf" (or jólagjǫf) in Norwegian.

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

jólagjöf (jólagjǫf): jólagjöf, f. 1) Gave som Høvdingen eller Kongen i Julen pleiede give sine haand- gangne Mænd. Fm. VII, 115; OH.4929 (Flat. II, 549); Eg. 70 (1684). 2) en vis Afgift til Kongen som udredes i Juletiden (OH. 2276); nam Hákonkonungr af jólagjafir allar ok land-auragjöld við Þrœndi ok Upplendingaþá, er við honum tóku Fris. 26122jvf Fm. X, 41019 (Ágr. 7313 fg); jóla-gjafir skolu aldri uppi vera síðan Gul.1481.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, jólagjöf may be more accurately written as jólagjǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚮᛚᛆᚵᛁᚯᚠ
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.

gr.: græft.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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