Spitalsjörð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - spitalsjörð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "spitalsjörð" (or spitalsjǫrð) in Norwegian.

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

spitalsjörð (spitalsjǫrð): spitalsjörð, f. Hospitalseiendom; endimerkimellom Fos ok Ormebergs ok Spitals-jördinni (paa Eker) DN. XI, 11510;spitalsjarðir útan garðs ok innan DN.VIII, 2486.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, spitalsjörð may be more accurately written as spitalsjǫrð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᛁᛏᛆᛚᛋᛁᚯᚱᚦ
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.