Tignargjöf

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tignargjöf

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tignargjöf" (or tignargjǫf) in Norwegian.

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

tignargjöf (tignargjǫf)
tignargjöf, f. Meddelelse af tign 1 ellertignarnafn; stód Haraldr konungr uppok þakkar vel frænda sínum þessatignargjöf Flat. III, 30928.

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, tignargjöf may be more accurately written as tignargjǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᚵᚿᛆᚱᚵᛁᚯᚠ
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.
lat.
latinsk.

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