Skógarbjörn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skógarbjörn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skógarbjörn" (or skógarbjǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

skógarbjörn (skógarbjǫrn): skógarbjörn, m. Landbjørn, = viðbjörn;gerði D. þat ráð at drepa uxann oksegja, at skógarbjörn hefði drepit Fm.I, 24012 (Landn. 1, 6 (357)); hann drapskógarbjörn fyrir þat, er hann hafðibitit geit fyrir honum Landn. 2, 9 (91&vl 4); skógarbjörn beit geitina Ísl. s.I, 34519.

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, skógarbjörn may be more accurately written as skógarbjǫrn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚮᚵᛆᚱᛒᛁᚯᚱᚿ
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:

D.: Dativ.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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