Leiðsögumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - leiðsögumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "leiðsögumaðr" (or leiðsǫgumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

leiðsögumaðr (leiðsǫgumaðr)
leiðsögumaðr, m. = leiðsagnarmaðr, leið-sagi. Fm. VIII, 524; Frs. 1056; omLods paa landvarnarskip Landsl. 3, 87;om Lodse i Kjøbstaden Björgvin Rb. 6, 3.

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, leiðsögumaðr may be more accurately written as leiðsǫgumaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚽᛁᚦᛋᚯᚵᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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