Mjölvægr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mjölvægr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mjölvægr" (or mjǫlvægr) in Norwegian.

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

mjölvægr (mjǫlvægr)
mjölvægr, adj. som er lige værdifuld somligemeget efter Vægt af Mel (jvf VidaL.339); þrjár vættir mjölvægs matar viðkú (dvs. skal ansees for at have samme Værd som en Ko) Grg. II, 19428 (Jb. 349= NL. 30917).

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, mjölvægr may be more accurately written as mjǫlvægr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᚯᛚᚠᛅᚵᚱ
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.
L.
Linje.
s.
substantiv.

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