Leikvöllr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - leikvöllr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "leikvöllr" (or leikvǫllr) in Norwegian.

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

leikvöllr (leikvǫllr): leikvöllr, m. Græsvold som bruges til der-paa at holde Leg (leikr 1) = leikvangr;om Sted, hvor der holdes Turnering: Bær. 9626. 39; Trist. 2 (627). 3 (105); omSted, hvor der holdes knattleikr: Fld. II,40720; lét hann samna dýrom mörgomsér til ágætis á leikvöll mikinn (= lat. agrestes feras ad spectaculum vulgiplurimas congregari jussit Acta Sanc-torum 3die Febr. S. 340 a5) Heilag. I,25722 (jvf leikmót); fig. muðr er leik-völlr orðanna SE. II, 487; som Steds-navn: Leikvöllr (under Hjarteims kirkja,Viken) EJb. 3423. 10; Leikvellir i AskerSogn EJb. 1136. 12.

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, leikvöllr may be more accurately written as leikvǫllr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚽᛁᚴᚠᚯᛚᛚᚱ
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:

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

S.: Side.

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