Þröngbrjóstaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - þröngbrjóstaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "þröngbrjóstaðr" (or þrǫngbrjóstaðr) in Norwegian.

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

þröngbrjóstaðr (þrǫngbrjóstaðr): þröngbrjóstaðr, adj. snæverhjertet; úþrifnirmenn ok þröngbrjóstaðir láta sér undiröngo jafnmikit þikkja sem at lifa lengiAlex. 15112; muntu ekki svá þröng-brjóstaðr, at þú vilir eigi bera hand-höfn mína fram til kirkjunnar, er mérverðr mjök þung sakir síns vaxtarHeilag. II, 13712.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚱᚯᚿᚵᛒᚱᛁᚮᛋᛏᛆᚦᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

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