Mansöngr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mansöngr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mansöngr" (or mansǫngr) in Norwegian.

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

mansöngr (mansǫngr): mansöngr, m. Sang, hvori man udtalersig om sin Kjærlighed til en Kvinde, omsit Ønske at vinde hendes Tilbøielighed,Elskovssang; yrkja mansöng um konuEg. 56 (11923); kvað vísur með man-söng til Kolfinnu Fm. II, 2487 (jvfFlat. I, 449 fg); í þeirri bók (nl. Ovidiusepistolarum) býr mikill mansöngr Bp.I, 16530 (jvf 2383); henni (nl. Freyju)líkaði vel mansöngr SE. I, 9620; ef maðryrkir mansöng um konu, ok varðarskóggang Grg. II, 11810. - Om man-söngr og de dermed sammensatte Ord se Th. Möbius Udgave af Málsháttarkvæði Halle 1873 (ogsaa Zeitschr. für deutschePhilologie Ergänzungsband) S. 42-61.

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, mansöngr may be more accurately written as mansǫngr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛆᚿᛋᚯᚿᚵᚱ
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.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

S.: Side.

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