Rjóðrhögginn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - rjóðrhögginn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "rjóðrhögginn" (or rjóðrhǫgginn) in Norwegian.

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

rjóðrhögginn (rjóðrhǫgginn)
rjóðrhögginn, adj. saaledes huggen, ud- huggen, at der gives enkelte Steder iSkoven, hvor alle Træer uden Udvalgere fældede for Fode (= rjóðrum högg-vinn; se under rjóðr, n. Grág. 4737).Jb. 237, men NL. IV, 267 har rjóðrumhöggvinn.

Part of speech: adj

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, rjóðrhögginn may be more accurately written as rjóðrhǫgginn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᛁᚮᚦᚱᚼᚯᚵᚵᛁᚿᚿ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
L.
Linje.
n.
Neutrum.

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