Svöðusár

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svöðusár

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svöðusár" (or svǫðusár) in Norwegian.

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

svöðusár (svǫðusár): svöðusár, n. Saar som foraarsages derved, at Sverdet, som ikke bider godt nok, hvor det rammer, glider af og gjør et Snit i samme Retning som Lemmets Overflade (jvf sveðja Dpl. 2429); nú féll G., okí því veifði hann sverðinu at Grími okkom á fótinn, ok varð þat svöðusár Dpl.3613; H. hjó til hans, kom á öxlina oksveif ofan á bringuna, varð þat svöðu-sár Fm. VII, 1677; hann sá, hvar maðrbatt svöðusár eitt; konungr sagði, atekki hafði Þórolfr veitt þat sár, ok altbitu honum annan veg vápnin EG. 22(4126); verðr þat svöðusár ok eigi bein-högg Sturl. I, 1125.

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, svöðusár may be more accurately written as svǫðusár.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᚯᚦᚢᛋᛆᚱ
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:

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

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