Sjófarströnd

sjófarströnd (sjófarstrǫnd)

sjófarströnd, f. Strandbred ved Søen eller Havet; þá fátu þeir eigi heim ok sneruþá leið sínni til sjófar ok þóttust vita,at þeir mundu feta heim, ef þeir fylgðisjófarströndu Flat. I, 9721; tóku þeirþá vápn hinna egiptzku, þar sem þeirlágu dauðir á sjófarströndinni Stj.2884 jvf 7; næst kirkjugarði skal grafaman manna ok menn þeir (&vl þá), erreknir ero á sjófarströndu Borg. 1, 98.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛁᚮᚠᛆᚱᛋᛏᚱᚯᚿᚦ
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.