Keyrivöndr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - keyrivöndr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "keyrivöndr" (or keyrivǫndr) in Norwegian.

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

keyrivöndr (keyrivǫndr): keyrivöndr, m. Kjæp som bruges til der-med at fremdrive Hest eller andet levendeVæsen; höggva skal maðr keyrivöndat ósekju, ef hann vill, í annars mannsskógi Grág. 47314.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚽᛦᚱᛁᚠᚯᚿᚦᚱ
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.