Ördrag

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ördrag

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ördrag" (or ǫrdrag) in Norwegian.

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

ördrag (ǫrdrag): ördrag, n. Pileskud, = örskot; forekommer som dette kun anvendt som Længdemaal (svá sem lengst mátti ör draga Klm.3762); sá skal vetvangr vera, þóat þeirfari víðara, til þess er þeir ero skildir,en þá ero þeir skildir, ef þeir eroaðrirtveggjo lengra á brott farnir enördrag ór þeim stað er þeir hljópustsíðarst til Grg. I, 14825; segit svá kon-ungi, at Sveinki mun eigi flýja eittördrag Fm. VII, 254; þá förum vérdreift með skip vár, látum milli ör-drag eða lengra hvers skips Fm. VIII,3821; konungs skip fór nökkuru fyrr enönnur skip Birkibeina ok eigi skemrafrá öðrum en ördrag Fm. VIII, 3854;drógo straumar hann ok vindar út frálandi mjök svá ördrag allt Heilag. I,2074; R. sneri þá aptr hesti sínum umtvau ördrög Klm. 1643 (jvf 1714). OmPileskud som Længdemaal se: RA. 60;A. Hoefer i Bartsch Germania XVIII,15 nr. 5; Nicolaysen Norske Forn-levninger 316; S. Grundtvig D. g. D.Folkeviser I, 39836.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚦᚱᛆᚵ
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:

D.: Dativ.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

S.: Side.

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