Strandhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - strandhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "strandhögg" (or strandhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

strandhögg (strandhǫgg): strandhögg, n. Strandhug, at man paa Vikingers Vis nedslagter til sit Behov afKystboernes Kvæg, og tager de Levnets-midler man derved eller paa lignendeMaade tilveiebringer; var herinum þáeigi lengi vistaskortr, þvíat þar varnökkut búfé Dana til strandhöggva Flat.I, 11238; þeir kjöru at fœra heldr fétil strandar; konungsmenn tóku nú viðstrandhöggum Flat. II, 2524; Magnúskonungr lagði at landi skip sín oklét þegar menn sína fara á land, ensnimma eptir um myrgininn kómu þeirofan með strandhögg mikil Fm. VI, 7922;Fris. 2111 (jvf Hkr. 271 under strandar-högg); Víkingar höfðu haft mikit her-fang ofan ok strandhögg, ok er þeirkómu til skipanna, hjuggu sumir bú-féit - Eg. 72 (1732); Alex. 1325; Landsl.8, 14.

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, strandhögg may be more accurately written as strandhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚱᛆᚿᚦᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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