Steinasörvi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - steinasörvi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "steinasörvi" (or steinasǫrvi) in Norwegian.

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

steinasörvi (steinasǫrvi): steinasörvi, n. Halssmykke bestaaende af Stene (jvf gimsteinn, glersteinn) paaen Traad, Perlebaand; tekr (hón) órserk sér steinaseyrvi mikit - ok dregrá hals honum ok dregr yfir skyrtunaHeið. 23 (3439); hón tók eitt steina-sverfi ok batt um hals honum Fld.III, 54326; þat var í forneskju kvenna-búnaðr, er kallat var steinasörvi, erþær höfðu á halsi sér SE. I, 33422.

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, steinasörvi may be more accurately written as steinasǫrvi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚽᛁᚿᛆᛋᚯᚱᚠᛁ
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.

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