Spitali

Old Norwegian Dictionary - spitali

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "spitali" in Norwegian.

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

spitali: spitali, m. (jvf lat. hospitale, Diez3 I, 298under oste?) 1) Hospitium, hvori Rei-sende gives Herberge og Underholdning;Knútr konungr setti spitala þann, eralla menn skyldi fœða um nótt þá, erþar kœmi af danskri tungu Fm. XI,20215; er hann kom til borgarinnarPlacencia, þá setti hann spitala skamtfrá borginni Fm. XI, 30110; þar (i Jeru-salem) er spitali Johannis Baptista; sáer ríkastr í öllum heimi Symb. 303. 2) Hospital, Hus som er indrettet ogdoteret til Underholdning af Syge ogSkrøbelige, eng. spittal; vér viljum öll-um mönnum kunnigt gera um skipanþá, er vér gerðum - um spitala í Vágs-botni í Björgvin DN. II, 166; gefr ek- til spitalans á Vallum út einarðasæng meðr því móti, at þegar í staðsé undir sjúkasta mann þar borinDN. II, 9414; hann lét gera Katrínar-kirkju við Sandbrú ok spitalann okgaf til 200 mánaðar matarból Fm. X,15311.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᛁᛏᛆᛚᛁ
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:

eng.: engels.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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