Staðhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - staðhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "staðhögg" (or staðhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

staðhögg (staðhǫgg): staðhögg, n. Hug der bider paa og træn- ger ind i det Legeme, mod hvilket det errettet; Sturlaugr kom staðhöggi á Þórð,þat kom í skalla honum Fld. III, 3326;kom Hrólfr aldri staðhöggi á þá, enklauf hann af þeim allar hlífar Fld.III, 3537; fig. af því at vér höfum eigistaðhögg á (ikke kunne træffe det saanøie), nær þessi atburðr gerðist, rítumvér hér orð eptir orð, sem sannligt erat vorðit hafi Post. 10514.

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, staðhögg may be more accurately written as staðhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛆᚦᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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:

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

n.: Neutrum.

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