Sporgöngumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sporgöngumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sporgöngumaðr" (or sporgǫngumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

sporgöngumaðr (sporgǫngumaðr)
sporgöngumaðr, m. 1) Følgesvend, = fylgð-armaðr; því bannfœrði hann Rafn eigiok hans hinn næsta sporgöngumannat svá frekum heitingum, at - Bp. I,76614; váru með honum margir spor-göngumenn Fld. III, 467; veit ek eigiþeirra manna ván, at traust muni tilhafa at stríða við þik, ef þú hefir slíkasporgöngumenn, sem þeir eru Eb. 25(411). 2) Person som træder i ensFodspor, følger ens Exempel; sá tekrkross ok fylgir Cristi, er han spor-göngumaðr gerist í meinlætum Hom.14125.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᚮᚱᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.
p.
Pagina, side.

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