Öxarhamarr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öxarhamarr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öxarhamarr" (or ǫxarhamarr) in Norwegian.

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

öxarhamarr (ǫxarhamarr)
öxarhamarr, m. Øxehammer (Øxens Bag-del, mods. munnr, egg). Flat. II, 24823;þótt vér sém eigi lögmenn, þá munuvér eyða málit með öxarhömrum Vatsd.37 (617).

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, öxarhamarr may be more accurately written as ǫxarhamarr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᛆᚱᚼᛆᛘᛆᚱᚱ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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