-sjó

Old Norwegian Dictionary - -sjó

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "-sjó" in Norwegian.

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

-sjó: skuggsjá eller -sjó, f. Speil hvori man ser skuggi 2 (jvf got. skuggva; t. sachsen-spiegel, schwabenspiegel; sp. especulo,espejo som Navn paa den første Sam-ling af Alfons den vises Love; jvfspeculum historiale); mun hann þarfinna ok sjá í bókinni svá sem margarlíkneskjur eða allskyns smíði í skírriskuggsjá Kgs. 234; konungs skuggsjáKgs. 235; vatnker gört af skuggsjákvenna Stj. 31516; nú góði herra! sjáití skuggsjána Klm. 2177; þá leit Karla-magnús í skuggsjá landtjaldsins Klm.32428, jvf speculum landtjalds L. 20;í þeim (nL. heilögum ritningum) mámaðr líta sik sjalfan svá sem í nökk-urri skuggjó, hvílíkr hann sé Hom. 710.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:-ᛋᛁᚮ
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:

f.: Feminin.

got.: gotisk.

L.: Linje.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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Old Danish - Otto Kalkar's Dictionary