Sögumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sögumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sögumaðr" (or sǫgumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

sögumaðr (sǫgumaðr): sögumaðr, m. 1) Fortæller, til hvis Ud- sagn en (e-s) støtter sig; várr sögumaðrdvs. hans hvis Fortælling, Udsagn vi harog som er vor Hjemmelsmand for Sand- heden af en Ting, Post. 48224. 49533. 49720.55433; slíka hafði hann sögumenn, ersvá sannlig tíðendi sögðu Hom. 12430. 2) Person der er ens (e-s) söguefni. Bp.II, 3037.

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, sögumaðr may be more accurately written as sǫgumaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚵᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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