Prímsignan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - prímsignan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "prímsignan" in Norwegian.

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

prímsignan: prímsignan, f. Primsignelse, = prímsign-ing; ef barn (som er hjemmedøbt) lifirsíðan, þá komi þeir, er skírðu, til prestssem fyrst með því, ok ef prestr profarþat eptir heilagrar kirkju skipan rétt-liga skírt vera, þá leiði prestr þat þegarí kirkju útan prímsignan ok leggi oleumsanctum á brjóst ok sine interrogationeo. s. v. Stat. 2519; guðsifjar 3: sá erheldr manni undir prímsignan (prím-signing Grg. I, 15813) eða undir skírneða undir biskups hönd Grág. 31822;guðsifjar 3 eigu ór dómi at rísa, efannartveggi hefir haldit öðrum undirprímsignan eða undir vatn eða undirbiskups hönd Grg. I, 4722 jvf 628.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛕᚱᛁᛘᛋᛁᚵᚿᛆᚿ
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:

f.: Feminin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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