Smádjöfull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - smádjöfull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "smádjöfull" (or smádjǫfull) in Norwegian.

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

smádjöfull (smádjǫfull): smádjöfull, m. liden Djævel; Húnröðr féll,hann var lítill maðr -; þá stóð Hún-röðr upp ok lagði spjóti í hœgri kinnSturlu -; hann mælti þá: ok nú vinnasmádjöflarnir á mér; þá lögðu tveirmenn senn til Sturlu Sturl. I, 3778.

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, smádjöfull may be more accurately written as smádjǫfull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛘᛆᚦᛁᚯᚠᚢᛚᛚ
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.