Sönghúsdyrr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sönghúsdyrr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sönghúsdyrr" (or sǫnghúsdyrr) in Norwegian.

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

sönghúsdyrr (sǫnghúsdyrr)
sönghúsdyrr, f. pl. Kordør. Borg. 1, 13;sýndist honum vera fyrir sér Marie-kirkja -, ok er hann þóttist biðjastfyrir í kirkjunni, sýndist honum maðrganga at sér ok taka í höndina, okleiddi hann í eina stúku norðr ífrásönghúsdurum Fm. VIII, 2511.

Part of speech: f pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚿᚵᚼᚢᛋᚦᛦᚱᚱ
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:

f.
Feminin.
m.
Masculin.
pl.
Pluralis.

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