Miskunnarsmjör

Old Norwegian Dictionary - miskunnarsmjör

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "miskunnarsmjör" (or miskunnarsmjǫr) in Norwegian.

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

miskunnarsmjör (miskunnarsmjǫr): miskunnarsmjör, n. Naadens eller Barm-hjertighedens Olie. Heilag. II, 39, jvf229. 38 (Thilo Cod. apocr. n. T. I, 6912.6934. 6951).

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᛋᚴᚢᚿᚿᛆᚱᛋᛘᛁᚯᚱ
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:

n.: Neutrum.