Jungherra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jungherra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jungherra" in Norwegian.

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

jungherra: jungherra eller junkherra, m. ugift Mands-Person af fornem Stand, Junker (jvfjungfrú), = junkeri; kom einn junk-herra (= Textens junkkiæri) til hennar,sá sem feðr hennar þjónustumaðr varStj. 211 &vl 4; kom til hans -einn jungherra, þessi maðr hét Sveinn,son Ulfs sprakaleggssonar (nl. SvendEstridssøn) Fm. VI, 5120; þar fœddistupp með honum junkherra Knútr, sonHákonar jarls ok frú Kristínar Fm.IX, 26923; lét hann (K. Haakon Haakon-son) dróttningina fara upp i Borg okjunkherra (&vl junkæra) Magnús Fm.IX, 48224.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚢᚿᚵᚼᚽᚱᚱᛆ
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.

nl.: nemlig.

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