Spjörr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - spjörr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "spjörr" (or spjǫrr) in Norwegian.

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

spjörr (spjǫrr): spjörr, f. Strimmel, Klud af sønderrevet Tøi; hón vil aldri önnur klæði hafa enþat, sem áðr er slitit ok at spjörrumorðit Fld. III, 710; hann - hafði hvítarbrœkr ok vafit at neðan spjörrumÞorskf. 5814; kona þín er jafnan íbrókum ok setgeiri í, en vafit spjörr-um mjök í skúa niðr Laxd. 35 (8832).

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, spjörr may be more accurately written as spjǫrr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᛁᚯᚱᚱ
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.

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