Söngmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - söngmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "söngmaðr" (or sǫngmaðr) in Norwegian.

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

söngmaðr (sǫngmaðr): söngmaðr, m. = söngari; þar ero margiríþróttamenn ok margir söngmenn Hei-lag. I, 36712; með konungi fóro leikararok leika á marga vega fimliga ok mjúk-liga, söngmenn fóro syngjandi meðmörgum lýð Konr. 8314; hann var ennbezti söngmaðr ok svá latínumaðr, hinnmesti málamaðr með öllum greinum okíþróttum Mar. 1439; mikill söngmaðrMar. 2044; Bp. I, 12722; hann var ennbezti klerkr ok enn mesti söngmaðrMar. 10767.

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, söngmaðr may be more accurately written as sǫngmaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚿᚵᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.

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