Meðalgöngumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - meðalgöngumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "meðalgöngumaðr" (or meðalgǫngumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

meðalgöngumaðr (meðalgǫngumaðr)
meðalgöngumaðr, m. 1) Person som læggersig imellem de kjæmpende for at skilledem ad (jvf meðalganga 1). Finb. 6316. 2) = meðalgangari; Jomfru Maria kal-des meðalgangari milli guðs ok mannaMar. 11005 jvf 110230; Johannes (bap-tista) er - - váttr dróttins ok hjástand-andi meðalgangari allrar guðs þrenn-ingar Post. 90226.

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, meðalgöngumaðr may be more accurately written as meðalgǫngumaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚽᚦᛆᛚᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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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