Staurshögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - staurshögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "staurshögg" (or staurshǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

staurshögg (staurshǫgg): staurshögg, n. Slag med staurr (jvf stang-arhögg); á konungr fyrir sár hvert eðastaurshögg eða kafsteyting 8 ertogarok 13 merkr silfrs Landsl. 4, 186 &vl

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, staurshögg may be more accurately written as staurshǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛆᚢᚱᛋᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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:

n.: Neutrum.