Ríkisdjöfull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ríkisdjöfull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ríkisdjöfull" (or ríkisdjǫfull) in Norwegian.

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

ríkisdjöfull (ríkisdjǫfull)
ríkisdjöfull, m. en af de fornemste Djævle;ríkisdjöflar (= höfuðdjöflar Heilag. II,531; ríkisþursar Heilag. II, 113; höfð-ingjar helvítis Heilag. II, 1531) í helvítimælto við kappa sína (= smiðjukappasína Heilag. II, 1511) Heilag. II, 514. 1511.

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, ríkisdjöfull may be more accurately written as ríkisdjǫfull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᛁᚴᛁᛋᚦᛁᚯᚠᚢᛚᛚ
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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