Landsmegin

Old Norwegian Dictionary - landsmegin

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "landsmegin" in Norwegian.

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

landsmegin: landsmegin, n. Landets Styrke, den vig-tigste Del af Landet (= megin landsOH. 488 eller Flat. II, 5231); förumvér þá norðr til Þrándheims, þar semlandsmegin er mest fyrir oss, tökumþat lið allt, er vér fám Fm. VII, 1837;Noregs konungr verðr oss fjarri (omvi skulle halda deilu í móti Svíum hérved Götaelven) OH. 856 (Flat. II, 16824);hér (nl. á Hálogalandi) er lítit lands-megin Eg. 12 (2313).

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛆᚿᚦᛋᛘᚽᚵᛁᚿ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

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