Tjörubryðja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tjörubryðja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tjörubryðja" (or tjǫrubryðja) in Norwegian.

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

tjörubryðja (tjǫrubryðja): tjörubryðja, f. Kar (bryðja) med Tjære;báru at húsinu harda sef ok tjöru-bryðjur ok eldiskíð ok slógu eldi í, tókþá at loga húsit Post. 32730.

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, tjörubryðja may be more accurately written as tjǫrubryðja.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᚯᚱᚢᛒᚱᛦᚦᛁᛆ
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.