Smjörhringr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - smjörhringr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "smjörhringr" (or smjǫrhringr) in Norwegian.

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

smjörhringr (smjǫrhringr): smjörhringr, m.? som Øgenavn: þeir finnaþann mann, er Þorgeirr er nefndr oker kallaðr smjörhringr Vem. 1213.

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, smjörhringr may be more accurately written as smjǫrhringr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛘᛁᚯᚱᚼᚱᛁᚿᚵᚱ
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.