Miðþröngr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - miðþröngr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "miðþröngr" (or miðþrǫngr) in Norwegian.

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

miðþröngr (miðþrǫngr): miðþröngr, adj. trang, snæver om Liveteller Midten af Legemet (jvf miðdigr,miðskammr, miðlangr); hún var í rauð-um kyrtli ermalöngum ok ekki niðrvíðum, síðum ok miðþröngum Fld. II,34311 fg

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᚦᚦᚱᚯᚿᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

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