Strandarhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - strandarhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "strandarhögg" (or strandarhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

strandarhögg (strandarhǫgg): strandarhögg, n. = strandhögg; Aðilskonungr ok menn hans runnu upp tilbœjar konungs ok ræntu þar; sumirreka ofan hjörð til strandarhöggs Yngl.32 (Hkr. 271).

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, strandarhögg may be more accurately written as strandarhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚱᛆᚿᚦᛆᚱᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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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