Stafshögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stafshögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stafshögg" (or stafshǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

stafshögg (stafshǫgg)
stafshögg, n. Hug eller Slag som tilføiesmed en Stav; þat man hinn armiBjarngrimr unnit hafa ok þikkjast núhefnt hafa stafshöggsins Flat. II, 39623;stafshöggit, er Eyjolfr laust Bjarna,ok orðin Þormóðs skulu úhelga hannsjalfan Vem. 2481.

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, stafshögg may be more accurately written as stafshǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛆᚠᛋᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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