Styrjöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - styrjöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "styrjöld" (or styrjǫld) in Norwegian.

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

styrjöld (styrjǫld): styrjöld, f. (G. -jaldar) Voldsomhed, Kamp, Strid; höfðu þeir menn - gert svámikla styrjöld, at þeir höfðu unniðborgina ok brent ok hertekit hvart barno. s. v. Stj. 48918; Darius konungr hafðilengi um kyrt setit í góðom friði enaf vanizt styrjöld ok úfriði Alex. 1711;nú eru vér gjörvir rækir ok reknir semskœðir vargar með hræðiligu ópi okstyrjöld Bp. I, 4711; gaf Eiríkr kon-ungr honum viðnefni af harðfengi sínniok styrjöld ok kallaði hann StyrbjörnFlat. I, 7110; þú batt guð birta firirþér nökkut, hvern enda eiga mundiorrosta þessi ok styrjöld Flat. II, 29816.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛦᚱᛁᚯᛚᚦ
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:

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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