Stjörnuvegr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stjörnuvegr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stjörnuvegr" (or stjǫrnuvegr) in Norwegian.

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

stjörnuvegr (stjǫrnuvegr): stjörnuvegr, m. Constellation; gefr honumlíta á nökkurri nótt útganganda afsínni sæng einn stjörnuveg undarligsmikilleika, hverr upp ríss af sjó Frisieok veittist miðil Theothoniam ok Gal-liam, Italiam ok Akvitaniam ok síðanrétta leið yfir Gaskuniam, Baldam okNafariam allt vestr til Hispaniam okGalliciam Klm. 1291 (= Post. 6685).

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, stjörnuvegr may be more accurately written as stjǫrnuvegr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛁᚯᚱᚿᚢᚠᚽᚵᚱ
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.

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