Líksöngr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - líksöngr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "líksöngr" (or líksǫngr) in Norwegian.

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

líksöngr (líksǫngr): líksöngr, m. Sang hvormed Præsten mod-tager Lig, naar det føres til Kirken forder at begraves. Heilag. I, 5438; til þessskal fyrst hafa fé at búa um lík ok þáat kaupa líksöng, legkaup skal síðarstvinna Grg. I, 923 (Grág. 1016). 2382(Grág. 8714). II, 13319 (Grág. 53411);veitta ek honum þjónostu ok líksöng,ok var nú ein bœn ósungin, er þérvöktuð mik Heilag. I, 4627; Jón prestrsöng líksöng, en Kolbeinn k. þakkaðilíkferðina ok mælti fagrt erindi yfirgreptinum Sturl. I, 3502; jvf Fm. IX,48020 fg

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, líksöngr may be more accurately written as líksǫngr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛁᚴᛋᚯᚿᚵᚱ
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.

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages related to Old Norwegian.