Tjörn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tjörn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tjörn" (or tjǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

tjörn (tjǫrn): tjörn, f. (G. tjarnar, n. Pl. tjarnir) 1) lidetFerskvand, Tjern; þá ganga þau at einnitjörn, þar vóru sveinarnir ok léku sér-; skamt þaðan frá við tjörnina varHaraldr ok hafði tréspónu marga, okflutu þeir þar við land Flat. II, 6824. 27;tjarnir ok stöðuvötn Stj. 26811; þeirleika knattleika á tjörn þeirri, er Sef-tjörn heitir Gísl. 266. 2) Pytt; hannkendi firir höndum at tjörn var á golf-inu Flat. II, 36715; jvf blóðtjörn.

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, tjörn may be more accurately written as tjǫrn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᚯᚱᚿ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

n.: Neutrum.

Pl.: Pluralis.

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