Tréskjöldr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tréskjöldr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tréskjöldr" (or tréskjǫldr) in Norwegian.

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

tréskjöldr (tréskjǫldr)
tréskjöldr, m. 1) Skjold af Træ; gildrskal tréskjöldr hverr heimamönnum,er þrjár járnspengr liggja um þveranok þrír mundriðar innan við ok traust-liga negldir Landsl. 3, 1113. 2) for þresköldr; tréskjöldrinn var hár firirdurunum OHm. 1187.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, tréskjöldr may be more accurately written as tréskjǫldr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚱᚽᛋᚴᛁᚯᛚᚦᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.

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