Öxarhamarshögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öxarhamarshögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öxarhamarshögg" (or ǫxarhamarshǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

öxarhamarshögg (ǫxarhamarshǫgg)
öxarhamarshögg, n. Slag med Øxehammer. Fm. IX, 469; Landsl. 4, 18 &vl 3;Ljósv. 24 (876).

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, öxarhamarshögg may be more accurately written as ǫxarhamarshǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᛆᚱᚼᛆᛘᛆᚱᛋᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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.
v.
Verbum.

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