Riddaraskjöldr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - riddaraskjöldr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "riddaraskjöldr" (or riddaraskjǫldr) in Norwegian.

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

riddaraskjöldr (riddaraskjǫldr)
riddaraskjöldr, m. saadan skjöldr som bru-ges, bæres af riddari. Fm. VII, 14821.

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, riddaraskjöldr may be more accurately written as riddaraskjǫldr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᛁᚦᚦᛆᚱᛆᛋᚴᛁᚯᛚᚦᚱ
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.

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