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, n. Spyd, = spörr (ght. sper, ags.spære). SE. I, 5718. II, 47727. 5619. 6217;vér rjóðum spjörr blóði Nj. 54 (8417).

Part of speech: n

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:

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.