Serkland

Old Norwegian Dictionary - serkland

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "serkland" in Norwegian.

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

serkland
serkland, n. eg. Saracenernes Land 1) Eg- nene om Floderne Eufrat og Tigris, somi Oldtiden udgjorde Hovedsædet for detassyriske, babyloniske og persiske Rige. Stj. 63730. 6401. 65230; Alex. 16928. 17510;Pr. 8819. 40921; Post. 79214; Heilag. I,2163. 4955. II, 65032; þá er Askalon,hón stendr á Serklandi ok er heiðinSymb. 2812; Tigris hón fellr um Serk-land Hb. 14; á Serklandi er Babilonágætast borga Hb. 911. 2) Afrika (som i Middelalderen beherskedes af Sara- cenerne). Flat. II, 4866. 11; Fm. VII,8115; Afrika, er vér köllum SerklandPr. 36419; jvf Fris. 19520; Numidia þater vestr í Afrika ok kallast Serklandhit mikla Pr. 1085; settu Romverjahöfðingjar - sína menn yfir Serklandsheruð ok Carthago ok þau ríki, erþeir eignuðust síðarst í Africa Pr. 1202.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚽᚱᚴᛚᛆᚿᚦ
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:

eg.
egentlig.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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