Manngjöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - manngjöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "manngjöld" (or manngjǫld) in Norwegian.

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

manngjöld (manngjǫld): manngjöld, n. pl. Mandebod som Drabs-manden maa betale den dræbtes Slægt-ninger (mht. wergeld, jvf RA. 649-652), = mannsgjöld. Flat. I, 14727; Nj.12 (223); Ljósv. 1773.

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛆᚿᚿᚵᛁᚯᛚᚦ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

v.: Verbum.

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