Límahögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - límahögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "límahögg" (or límahǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

límahögg (límahǫgg): límahögg, n. Hug, Slag som tilføies enmed en Lime (lími m.); konungr (nl.Svía) bað þá út ganga (nl. af borg-inni) vápnlausa ok yfirhafnarlausa, ener þeir géngu út, þá var hverr þeirrasleginn límahögg Hkr. 65033.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛁᛘᛆᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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.

nl.: nemlig.