Œgir

Old Norwegian Dictionary - œgir

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "œgir" in Norwegian.

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

œgir
œgir, m. skrækindjagende Person eller Væ- sen; er þú felt hefir inn flugartrauðajöfur, þann er olli œgis dauða Hund.1, 54; Engla œgir kúgar þegna til frið-mála Hkr. 62914; gumna œgir, brauztAldeigju Hkr. 19929; œgir Eydana stóðund árhjalmi Hkr. 10433.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚵᛁᚱ
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.

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