Stafslöngva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stafslöngva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stafslöngva" (or stafslǫngva) in Norwegian.

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

stafslöngva (stafslǫngva)
stafslöngva, f. et Slags Slynge (se Kgs.*380), hvoraf findes Beskrivelse og Afbild-ning ved O. Blom i AnO. 1867 s. 102,1872 s. 242; maðr venr sik at kasta afslöngu hvártveggja langt ok þó beintbæði af stafslöngu ok handslöngu Kgs.855.

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, stafslöngva may be more accurately written as stafslǫngva.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛆᚠᛋᛚᚯᚿᚵᚠᛆ
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:

f.
Feminin.
s.
substantiv.
S.
Side.

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