Slöngusteinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - slöngusteinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "slöngusteinn" (or slǫngusteinn) in Norwegian.

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

slöngusteinn (slǫngusteinn): slöngusteinn, m. Sten der udkastes ved Hjælp af Slynge (slöngva); hann felldiGoliat risa með slöngusteini Pr. 808.

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, slöngusteinn may be more accurately written as slǫngusteinn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛚᚯᚿᚵᚢᛋᛏᚽᛁᚿᚿ
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:

m.: Masculin.