Söngr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - söngr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "söngr" (or sǫngr) in Norwegian.

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

söngr (sǫngr): söngr, m. (G. -s, N. Pl. -gar & -gvar) 1) Sang i Almindelighed; sat konungrok hirðin úti fyrir kirkju ok lásu aptan-sönginn, ok varð söngrinn eigi greið-ligr Fm. VII, 15214; hann heyrði fagransöng Fm. X, 31616; þar er kveðskaprok fáheyrðir söngar Kgs. 13828; nemasöng Bp. I, 2402. 2) Udførelse af den almindelige Gudstjeneste i Kirken ved der at syngja tíðir, messu. Bp. I, 84912;taka kirkju til söngs dvs. for deri at for- rette Gudstjenesten, Bp. I, 4307. 3) Sang som synges; lýkr hér forrœðoþessarri ok þesso nest er upphaf sang-anna Str. 124; jvf söngbók.

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, söngr may be more accurately written as sǫngr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚿᚵᚱ
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:

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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