Löngum

Old Norwegian Dictionary - löngum

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "löngum" (or lǫngum) in Norwegian.

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

löngum (lǫngum)
löngum, adv. (eg. Dat. Pl. af langr) længe;hafa Svíar l. haft vald allt til Svína-sunds OH. 484 (Flat. II, 5227); Þ. biskuphafði l. lítla heilsu Bp. I, 29337. Jvf.lengrum, lengstum.

Part of speech: adv

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚿᚵᚢᛘ
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:

adv.
Adverbium.
Dat.
Dativ.
eg.
egentlig.
f.
Feminin.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
p.
Pagina, side.
Pl.
Pluralis.
v.
Verbum.

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