Örvadrif

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örvadrif

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örvadrif" (or ǫrvadrif) in Norwegian.

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

örvadrif (ǫrvadrif)
örvadrif, n. Pileregn; margt gótt sverðbrotnaði sundr í þessum bardaga,spjótin stökkva svá hart ok tíðum, atþví var líkt sem örvadrif Klm. 24736;flugu þá spjót sem í örvadrif sæi Klm.3623.

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, örvadrif may be more accurately written as ǫrvadrif.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚠᛆᚦᚱᛁᚠ
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.
n.
Neutrum.

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