Sjónhending

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sjónhending

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sjónhending" in Norwegian.

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

sjónhending: sjónhending, f. Sigte, som man tager i ret Linie fra et Sted til et andet; hannskipti löndum ok tekr s. í stein nökk-urn, en ór steininum ok í ána, ok ferrsvá rétt fram Vallalj. 312; innan fjarðarsjónhending af úttanverðo Norðnesi okí Gunildará ByL. 7, 267; meðr skaptieða taugu á jörðum at skipta innangarðs, en sjónhendingum (jvf augnaskotLandsL. 6, 3) útan garðs Jb. 193 (NL.IV, 2522); þessi eru landamerki -, atDesia garðr ræðr; þaðan sjónhending ífoglstapa þann, er -; sunnan ór Desja-garðinum sjónhending í Laxá DI. I,57627 jvf 33.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛁᚮᚿᚼᚽᚿᚦᛁᚿᚵ
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.

L.: Linje.

s.: substantiv.

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