Nytjamaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nytjamaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nytjamaðr" in Norwegian.

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

nytjamaðr
nytjamaðr, m. nyttigt Menneske (af hvilketman har gagn se SturL. I, 10415); umþat, er hann skal dœmdan hafa tildauða þann mann, er þvílíkr nytja-maðr (nL. som læknir se L. 26) var öllufolki, sem Jesus hafði verit Heilag. II,28935; vel segir mér hugr um Grím, athann verðr nytjamaðr Hard. 5 (137);sumir þökkuðu þeir, er þurfendr vóruok bæði höfðu gang af honum andligtok líkamligt, en sumir öfunduðu þat,er þeir vóru minni nytjamenn af meirumefnum, en hann var SturL. I, 10416.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛦᛏᛁᛆᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

L.
Linje.
m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.

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