Sönghljóð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sönghljóð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sönghljóð" (or sǫnghljóð) in Norwegian.

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

sönghljóð (sǫnghljóð): sönghljóð, n. Tone, musikalsk Lyd eller Klang; öll borgin þótti þjóta af söng-hljóðum með glaum ok gleði ok alls-herjar fagnaði Stj. 63215; Thom. 39026.

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, sönghljóð may be more accurately written as sǫnghljóð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚿᚵᚼᛚᛁᚮᚦ
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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