Stjörnubók

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stjörnubók

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stjörnubók" (or stjǫrnubók) in Norwegian.

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

stjörnubók (stjǫrnubók): stjörnubók, f. Astronomi, Astrologi (jvfstjörnubókarlist, stjörnuíþrótt); ráð míttveldr því en eigi ek, en þat er satt, atstjörnubókin hefir svikit mik Partalop.312; hón kunni svá vel stjörnubók, athón mátti því til leiðar koma, sem súlist má efla Partalop. 15; ok er af leiðmyrkrit, þá áttu spekingar tal með sérí Athenis, þeir er bazt kunnu á stjörnu-bók, ok skildu, at þat hafði eigi orðitaf nattúru himintungla Post. 24918.

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, stjörnubók may be more accurately written as stjǫrnubók.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛁᚯᚱᚿᚢᛒᚮᚴ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

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