Sverðtakari

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sverðtakari

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sverðtakari" in Norwegian.

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

sverðtakari
sverðtakari, m. Mand som ved sverðtaka(Hirðskrá 12, jvf Fsk. 21; Hkr. 7831 fg;Fld. I, 47) er indtraadt i Kongens Tje- neste; nú tóku þér svá (nl. i Sverdet)sem várr konungr vildi, nú skaltu veraþegn hans ok sverðtakari Fsk. 21; þargéngu mergir menn honum til handaok gerðusk hans sverðtakarar Fsk. 256;jvf Hirðskrá 114. 272. Da kertisveinaroptoges i Kongens Tjeneste ved en andenCeremoni, siges om dem, at de ere kon-ungi handgengnir menn, þó at þeir séeigi sverðtakarar, Hirðskrá 4712. Se K. Maurer i Germania XVI, 319 fg

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᚽᚱᚦᛏᛆᚴᛆᚱᛁ
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.
nl.
nemlig.

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