Kirkjujörð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kirkjujörð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kirkjujörð" (or kirkjujǫrð) in Norwegian.

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

kirkjujörð (kirkjujǫrð): kirkjujörð, f. Jordeiendom, hvorpaa derstaar Kirke, = kirkjuland. Eids. I, 3913.

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, kirkjujörð may be more accurately written as kirkjujǫrð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛁᚱᚴᛁᚢᛁᚯᚱᚦ
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.

s.: substantiv.