Lopthöll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lopthöll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lopthöll" (or lopthǫll) in Norwegian.

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

lopthöll (lopthǫll): lopthöll, f. Hal, Palads som udgjør denøvre Etage af en Bygning (jvf loptstofa,lopthús)? sunnudaginn var lík konungsborit upp í lopthöllina ok sett á bararFm. X, 1497 fg

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚮᛕᛏᚼᚯᛚᛚ
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:

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

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