Limvöndr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - limvöndr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "limvöndr" (or limvǫndr) in Norwegian.

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

limvöndr (limvǫndr): limvöndr, m. 1) Riskvist (jvf lim vandarinsMar. 1621 under lim n.); nú farit í skógok berit til mín byrðar ykkrar af lim-vöndum Post. 64822. 38. 2) Oxepeis (seAasen 566 b38 fgg under peis), = sinvöndr(da Ordet, ligesom sinvöndr Heilag. II,15524. 37329, tjener til Oversættelse af den lat. Originals nervus taureus Spec. hist. lib. 10 c. 85, nervus taurinusLegenda aurea ed. Grässe S. 90035 ellernervus bubulus Surius Decbr. 4 S. 12422;jvf Forcellini IV, 262 a under nervus10); lét guðs mey fœra or fötum okberja hana limvöndum Heilag. I, 15535;lét hann fœra hana or klæðum ok berjameð limvöndum Heilag. I, 37339.

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, limvöndr may be more accurately written as limvǫndr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛁᛘᚠᚯᚿᚦᚱ
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:

c.: Capitel.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

S.: Side.