Mörlandi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mörlandi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mörlandi" (or mǫrlandi) in Norwegian.

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

mörlandi (mǫrlandi): mörlandi, m. var det Navn hvormed man iNorge betegnede en Islænder (jvf mörr,landi); digrliga lætr mörlandi (landiFm. II, 14527) enn Flat. I, 3801; Ingi-marr kvezt þat ætla, at mörlandi mundieigi dœma menn hans til dauða Fm.VII, 14417 fg; I. svarar: - mislagðareru þér hendr, dregr fram hluta mör-landans en þorir eigi - Fm. VII,1186; honum (nl. klerkinum enskum)var sagt, at þat var líkneskja Þorláksbiskups af Íslandi; þá hljóp hann - ísoðhús eitt ok tók mörbjúga ok komsíðan aptr fyrir líkneskit ok rétti bjúgatfram - ok mælti svá með spotti tillíkneskjunnar: viltu? mörlandi! þú ertmörbiskup Bp. I, 35710 fg.

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, mörlandi may be more accurately written as mǫrlandi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚯᚱᛚᛆᚿᚦᛁ
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:

fg.: følgende.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

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