Tignarnafn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tignarnafn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tignarnafn" in Norwegian.

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

tignarnafn: tignarnafn, n. Navn og Værdighed som op-høier en over den almindelige BondesStand (idet han bliver Jarl, Hertug,Konge); er jarl lauk sínu máli, þá sagðiÞorgnýr -: þér girnizt at taka tignar-nöfn, en kunnit yðr öngan fögnuð eðrfyrirhyggju, þegar þér komit í nökk-urn vanda Flat. II, 8226. 11920; lét þatfylgja, at honum þótti hann bezt tilfallinn at bera tignarnafn í Noregi, efeigi er jarl til Flat. II, 3064; þá megiðþér gefa mér tignarnafn, hefi ek tilþess ætt, at ek mætti Jarl heita Fm.VI, 28918; Freyr hét Yngvi öðru nafni;Yngva nafn var síðan haft í hans ættfyrir tignarnafn Anal. 448.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᚵᚿᛆᚱᚿᛆᚠᚿ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

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