Stjörnumark

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stjörnumark

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stjörnumark" (or stjǫrnumark) in Norwegian.

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

stjörnumark (stjǫrnumark): stjörnumark, n. Himmeltegn i Dyrekredsen; eigi at eins lét guð þessi lýsandi ljós,sem vér köllum himintungl verða ver-öldinni til fegrðar - nema ok þarmeð til tákna eðr marka - ella tilþess at af þeim skyldi verða þau 12tákn, er vér köllum stjörnumörk, semZodiacus hefir í sér Stj. 1521; nærþeirri nöf, er vér sjám jafnan, eruþrenn stjörnumörk: þær birnur, er vérköllum vagn ok kvennavagn, ok ormr,sá er liggr í millum þeirra ok um þærsem krókótt á Pr. 4767.

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, stjörnumark may be more accurately written as stjǫrnumark.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛁᚯᚱᚿᚢᛘᛆᚱᚴ
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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