Kjörviðartaka

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kjörviðartaka

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kjörviðartaka" (or kjǫrviðartaka) in Norwegian.

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

kjörviðartaka (kjǫrviðartaka)
kjörviðartaka, f. Handling, hvorved nogenborttager, sætter sig i Besiddelse af kjör-viðr. Vem. 1016.

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, kjörviðartaka may be more accurately written as kjǫrviðartaka.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛁᚯᚱᚠᛁᚦᛆᚱᛏᛆᚴᛆ
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.
m.
Masculin.

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