Spellvirki

Old Norwegian Dictionary - spellvirki

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "spellvirki" in Norwegian.

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

spellvirki: spellvirki, m. Person som gjør spellvirki(jvf íllvirki, m.); hann hafði drepitspellvirkja austr á Jamtaskógi Nj. 120(18322); spellvirki hefir ek verit, en ekvil nú af því láta Fm. VI, 1123; erspellvirkinn kannaði hlaðann, var Þor-steinn úti Vatsd. 3 (610); hugðu þeirspellvirkja mundu vera ok leggjast áfénað þeirra Flat. I, 24313; Önundr hafðiverit spellvirki ok drepit menn til fjárFlat. I, 24227; ogsaa om Rovdyr: hérgengr björn um eyna, hinn mesti spell-virki Eg. 60 (13414); hljóp griðungr áskóg ok varð galinn ok var lengi áviðum ok hinn mesti s. við menn Yngl.30 (Hkr. 2435; Fris. 1924).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᚽᛚᛚᚠᛁᚱᚴᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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