Stórhöggr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stórhöggr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stórhöggr" (or stórhǫggr) in Norwegian.

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

stórhöggr (stórhǫggr)
stórhöggr, adj. dygtig til at hugge; Búivar stórhöggr mjök, þvíat hann varrammr at afli Flat. I, 19327; þér erutmenn stórhöggir ok neytið nú vel þessí þörf Flat. II, 12835.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚮᚱᚼᚯᚵᚵᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
lat.
latinsk.

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