Tjörutjörn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tjörutjörn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tjörutjörn" (or tjǫrutjǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

tjörutjörn (tjǫrutjǫrn): tjörutjörn, f. det døde Hav; tjörn eðastöðuvatn sem heitir lacus Asfalti þater sem tjörutjörn Stj. 7526.

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, tjörutjörn may be more accurately written as tjǫrutjǫrn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᚯᚱᚢᛏᛁᚯᚱᚿ
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.