Spöng

Old Norwegian Dictionary - spöng

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "spöng" (or spǫng) in Norwegian.

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

spöng (spǫng): spöng, f. (G. spangar, N. Pl. spengr)Plade, Stykke af en fast Materie, menringe Tykkelse i Forhold til sit Omfang, = lat. lamina; nú geri Eleazar af þeimspengr ok festi á altara Stj. 33010;musterit - lét hann búa með hreinugulli ok seymdi á spengr ok listurmeð gullnöglum Stj. 56323 (4 Mos. 16,39; 2 KonG. 6, 21); runnu malmæðarnarsvá sem bekkir þar undan, ok sem þærtóku slárnar eða spengrnar kólnaðarupp, þá - Stj. 4527; váru lagðar yfir(skjöldinn) spengr af gulli EG. 82 (20720);om Isstykke, Islag: nú brast niðrspöngin undir þeim Steingrími Vem.1668; markarfljót féll í millum höfuð-ísa, ok váru spengr á hér ok hvar Nj.93 (14216 jvf 23. 30; þar var mjó spöng yfir,en þítt var at tveim megin Sturl. I,39916. Jvf. Aasen 737a13; dansk spongMolbech D. Glossarium II, 140; Höf.Leb. II, 71; A. D. Jørgensen den nor- diske Kirkes Grundlæggelse s. 289.

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, spöng may be more accurately written as spǫng.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᚯᚿᚵ
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:

D.: Dativ.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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