Ljóðsöngr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ljóðsöngr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ljóðsöngr" (or ljóðsǫngr) in Norwegian.

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

ljóðsöngr (ljóðsǫngr)
ljóðsöngr, m. Sang som bestaar af flereStrofer (ljóð); sögur þær, er ek veitsannar ok Bretar hafa ljóðsönga afgört Str. 231 jvf Str. 219. 30. 36 (se under ljóð).

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, ljóðsöngr may be more accurately written as ljóðsǫngr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛁᚮᚦᛋᚯᚿᚵᚱ
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.

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