Öndvegissúla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öndvegissúla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öndvegissúla" (or ǫndvegissúla) in Norwegian.

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

öndvegissúla (ǫndvegissúla): öndvegissúla, f. en af de til Højsædet hø-rende Støtter. Gísl. 14027; eptir þatlétu þeir í haf; þá kastar Ögmundr útöndvegissúlum sínum; þeir kómu útanat Miðfirði, þar vóru áðr komnar önd-vegissúlur hans Korm. 6; Ingimundrkvað sér fýst á at vita, hvárt hannfyndi hlutinn eðr eigi, þá er grafit værifyrir öndvegissúlum hans Vatsd. 12 (224);þar lét hann reisa hof, ok var þat mikithús; vóru dyrr á hliðvegginum ok næröðrum endanum; þar fyrir innan stóðuöndugissúlurnar, ok vóru þar í naglar;þeir hétu reginnaglar Eb. 4 (613); Landn.1, 6 (Fm. I, 23922). 2, 12 (Eb. 4). 4, 9.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, öndvegissúla may be more accurately written as ǫndvegissúla.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚦᚠᚽᚵᛁᛋᛋᚢᛚᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

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