Mörfjándi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mörfjándi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mörfjándi" (or mǫrfjándi) in Norwegian.

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

mörfjándi (mǫrfjándi)
mörfjándi, m. Forvanskning af Ordet mör-landi, brugt om en Islænding, man vildekarakterisere som en Djævel, en slem ellerslet Person. Fm. VII, 3521.

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, mörfjándi may be more accurately written as mǫrfjándi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚯᚱᚠᛁᛆᚿᚦᛁ
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.
n.
Neutrum.

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