Otrgjöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - otrgjöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "otrgjöld" (or otrgjǫld) in Norwegian.

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

otrgjöld (otrgjǫld): otrgjöld, n. pl. hvad der betales i Bod for den dræbte Odder (jvf manngjöld).SE. I, 35423; sú er sök til þess, ergull er kallat otrgjöld SE. I, 3521, jvfgullit er síðan kallat otrsgjöld Völs.11426 (c. 14).

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᛏᚱᚵᛁᚯᛚᚦ
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:

c.: Capitel.

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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