Skattgjöf

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skattgjöf

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skattgjöf" (or skattgjǫf) in Norwegian.

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

skattgjöf (skattgjǫf): skattgjöf, f. hvad der gives i Skat; gjöld-um eigi skatt sem konungasynir lausirfrá leiðangri ok veraldligum skattgjöf-um Post. 830; var hann kallaðr dróttinnyfir Svíum ok tók skattgjafir af þeimYngl. 122; þér hafit lengi frestat atgera oss sœmd í skattgjöfum eða vin-mælum; nú skulut þér senda oss atskattgjöf yðra dóttur, er mínn sonskal til frillu hafa Didr. 1623 fg; snerustþeir þá at skattgjöfum til Svía konungsYngl. 54; ganga undir skattgjafar viðe-n Flat. II, 24022.

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, skattgjöf may be more accurately written as skattgjǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᛆᛏᛏᚵᛁᚯᚠ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

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