Mjaðarlögr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mjaðarlögr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mjaðarlögr" (or mjaðarlǫgr) in Norwegian.

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

mjaðarlögr (mjaðarlǫgr)
mjaðarlögr, m. Mjød frembragt ved Blan-ding af Honning (mjöðr 1) og Vand(t. honigwasser se under mjöðr 2; jvf þat(nl. ker) stóð í undirskemmunni en loftyfir uppi ok opit golfþilit, svá at þar varniðr helt leginum, en kerit var blanditfullt mjaðar Fris. 913 fg. = Yngl. 14);vera kann, at lögmenn várir hafi þettamælt ok hafi meira verit í þeim afmjaðarlegi en lögum hins helga ÓlafsFm. IX, 32924; jvf mjaðarístra.

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, mjaðarlögr may be more accurately written as mjaðarlǫgr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᛆᚦᛆᚱᛚᚯᚵᚱ
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:

a.
accusativ.
fg.
følgende.
m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.
s.
substantiv.

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