Kirkjuvöllr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kirkjuvöllr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kirkjuvöllr" (or kirkjuvǫllr) in Norwegian.

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

kirkjuvöllr (kirkjuvǫllr): kirkjuvöllr, m. Kirkested, Slette (völlr)hvorpaa Kirke er opført. DN. III, 3058.IX, 2734. X, 1864; kirkjuvellir fore-kommer som Stedsnavn EJb. 7811.

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, kirkjuvöllr may be more accurately written as kirkjuvǫllr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛁᚱᚴᛁᚢᚠᚯᛚᛚᚱ
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.