Leggjabönd

Old Norwegian Dictionary - leggjabönd

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "leggjabönd" (or leggjabǫnd) in Norwegian.

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

leggjabönd (leggjabǫnd)
leggjabönd, n. pl. Baand, hvormed manomviklede sine Lægge (jvf þat var þámönnum títt at hafa reimar þvílíkarsem lindar væri, ok var því vafit fráskó ok til knés ok höfðu þat jafnanhelztu menn ok tignir Hítd. 195, jvfFm. IV, 1105 fgg). Klm. 1735.

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚽᚵᚵᛁᛆᛒᚯᚿᚦ
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.
n.
Neutrum.
pl.
Pluralis.

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