Vagnhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vagnhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vagnhögg" (or vagnhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

vagnhögg (vagnhǫgg)
vagnhögg, n. Stykke som en forfølgende vagnhvalr har hugget ud af en HvalsLegeme; hvalflystri þau er vér köllumvagnhögg Rb. 10, 11.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚵᚿᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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:

n.
Neutrum.

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