Kerlingavilla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kerlingavilla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kerlingavilla" in Norwegian.

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

kerlingavilla
kerlingavilla, f. falsk Forestilling, taabeligIndbildning som fastholdes af gamleKvinder; þat var trúa í forneskjunni,at menn vóru endrbornir, en þat er núkölluð kerlingavilla Hund. 2 Slutnings-prosa.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚽᚱᛚᛁᚿᚵᛆᚠᛁᛚᛚᛆ
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:

a.
accusativ.
f.
Feminin.

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