Slöngva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - slöngva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "slöngva" (or slǫngva) in Norwegian.

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

slöngva (slǫngva)
slöngva, v. (gð) kaste, slynge, sætte i Be- vægelse, = slyngja 1; med Dat. slöngðisvá silfri, at í sundr hrutu baugar Am.44; svá slöngðum vit snúðga steini,höfga halli, at halir tóku Grott. 12;slöngvir hann þá stokkinum út af þek-junni Nj. 130 (20211); síðan lögðu þeirþar í eld ok slöngðu (nl. tunnu) í bálitfyrir þeim Böglum Fm. VIII, 3416.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, slöngva may be more accurately written as slǫngva.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛚᚯᚿᚵᚠᛆ
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:

Dat.
Dativ.
m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.
v.
Verbum.

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