Sönghúsgrádur

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sönghúsgrádur

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sönghúsgrádur" (or sǫnghúsgrádur) in Norwegian.

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

sönghúsgrádur (sǫnghúsgrádur)
sönghúsgrádur, f. pl. Trin som føre op fra Kirkens Skib til dens Kor, = söng-húspallar; hann nemr stað á sönghús-grádunum ok með bagalstafnum okbroddinum bægir hann þeirri hinnivándu sveit Bp. I, 20637.

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, sönghúsgrádur may be more accurately written as sǫnghúsgrádur.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚿᚵᚼᚢᛋᚵᚱᛆᚦᚢᚱ
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.
p.
Pagina, side.
pl.
Pluralis.

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