Örn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örn" (or ǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

örn (ǫrn): örn, m. (G. arnar, N. Pl. ernir, A. Pl.örnu) Örn, = ari; snapir ok gnapir ertil sævar kemr örn á aldinn mar Hm.62; þér er, Sinfjötli! sœmra myklugunni at heyja ok glaða örnu, en -Hund. 2, 21; flugu móti oss ernir tveir,ok gékk ek móti öðrum - en annarrarinn - Herv. 2095; klófogla skolomenn eigi nýta, þá er hrækló er á,örnu ok hrafna eða vali GrG. I, 3411;SE. I, 208 fg; þá sá ek, at örninn varsvarteygr ok járnklœr vóru á honumGunl. 2 (1954); öndverðir skulu ernirklóast Flat. II, 3106; rísta örn á bakie-m Hkr. 71; Fld. I, 292.

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, örn may be more accurately written as ǫrn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚿ
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:

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

Pl.: Pluralis.

v.: Verbum.

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