Söngfœri

Old Norwegian Dictionary - söngfœri

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "söngfœri" (or sǫngfœri) in Norwegian.

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

söngfœri (sǫngfœri)
söngfœri, n. musikalskt Instrument; ranní mót honum einga dóttir hans meðskemtanar söngfœri Stj. 4075; alla vegabrott í frá henni þjóta söngfœri, þauer með ýmissum háttum yppa fagrligahennar lofi Alex. 7118; margr leikariferr út af staðinum með allskonarsöngfœri móti konungi Alex. 8526; þarvið ero höfð allskonar söngfœri, organ,sinfon ok salterium, hörpur ok gígjurok allskonar strengleikar Fm. VII, 9713.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚿᚵᚠᚯᚱᛁ
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.
n.
Neutrum.

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