Stjörnugangr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stjörnugangr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stjörnugangr" (or stjǫrnugangr) in Norwegian.

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

stjörnugangr (stjǫrnugangr): stjörnugangr, m. 1) Stjernernes Løb; göng-um við í virktahús okkart, þar sem allrstjörnugangr er í; ok er við vórum þarkomnir, mælti hann við mik: "Sér þúnú, bróðir mínn, hversu stjörnurnarganga Post. 6013; öll var hón (höllin)pentat ok purtreat innan meðr stjörnu-gang Clar. 623; engi kennir leiti á leið-inni, heldr verðr þangat at stefna eptirstjörnugang Heilag. II, 4717; allanstjörnugang skildi hann ágætliga Alex.422; ætlaði hann -, at þeir munduvillzt hafa í stjörnugang ok fundit eng-van svein (i Betlehem) Mar. 3225. 2) = stjörnuvegr; sem hann sér greindanstjörnugang optliga um nætr Klm. 1295;gsv. måtte tha et barn födhas underthem stjærnogang oc annath underandrom Sv. Medeltid. Bibelarbeten I,1016.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, stjörnugangr may be more accurately written as stjǫrnugangr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛁᚯᚱᚿᚢᚵᛆᚿᚵᚱ
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:

m.: Masculin.

v.: Verbum.

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