Svipuhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svipuhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svipuhögg" (or svipuhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

svipuhögg (svipuhǫgg)
svipuhögg, n. Piskeslag; sá maðr fékksnart svipuhögg af Thomasi Thom.48827.

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, svipuhögg may be more accurately written as svipuhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛁᛕᚢᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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.
n.
Neutrum.

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