Skvíari

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skvíari

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skvíari" in Norwegian.

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

skvíari
skvíari, m. eg. og opr. Skjoldbærer, =skjaldsveinn; jvf de forvanskede Former skýari, skipvörðr (fr. escuier, men lige-som konungsins skvíarar svarer til lat.ministriales regis Thom. 1009 jvf 25, saa- ledes synes Ordet ogsaa paa de øvrigeSteder, hvor det forekommer, at have Betydningen af mlat. ministriales (DuCange II, 2, 255 fg)); hann kallar sínnskvíara, býðr honum at fara ok eptir leitaMar. 10521. 9 (jvf 105122); þú skalt mínnskvíari vera ok ráðgjafi Bev. 21525; hónkallaði til sín Bonifrey sínn heimonligaskvíara ok mælti: ráð mér nökkut góttráð Bev. 23222; B. skvíari hennar gafhenni gótt traust Bev. 23314 jvf 23122;jvf Forns. Suðrl. CCXVI Anm. 1.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚠᛁᛆᚱᛁ
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:

eg.
egentlig.
fr.
fransk.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
mlat.
Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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