Siðafjöldi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - siðafjöldi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "siðafjöldi" (or siðafjǫldi) in Norwegian.

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

siðafjöldi (siðafjǫldi)
siðafjöldi, m. Mængde af forskjellige Slags Sæder, Maader at leve paa; fyrr varskipt ríkinu ok öllu folkinu undir bland-aðan siðafjölda ok ástundan margrahöfðingja Kgs. 793.

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, siðafjöldi may be more accurately written as siðafjǫldi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛁᚦᛆᚠᛁᚯᛚᚦᛁ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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