Selbelgr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - selbelgr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "selbelgr" in Norwegian.

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

selbelgr: selbelgr, m. uopskaaret Sælhundskind; sveinninn Þórir lá í stafni ok var íselbelg ok dreginn at halsinum Landn.2, 5 (767); hón tók þá upp selbelgitvá ok steypti yfir höfuð þeim (nl. desovende Finner) ok batt at van(d)ligafyrir neðan Flat. I, 4326; Geirríðr varpaf sér skikkjunni ok gékk at Kötlu(jvf S. 186 fg) ok tók selbelg, er hónhafði haft með sér, ok fœrðu hann áhöfuð Kötlu, síðan bundu förunautarþeirra at fyrir neðan Eb. 20 (3330).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚽᛚᛒᚽᛚᚵᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

S.: Side.

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