Valslönga
Old Norwegian Dictionary - valslöngaMeaning of Old Norwegian word "valslönga" (or valslǫnga) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- valslönga (valslǫnga)
- valslönga eller valslöngva, f. Valslynge, Blide, Maskine til dermed at slynge dræ-bende Gjenstande mod Fienden, mlat.ballista. Kgs. 88 fg (jvf Kgs.* 409 fg.nm.); konungr sjalfr Alexander ríðrfyrst fram svá snart til at jafna semsteinn af valslöngu Alex. 3629; þeirtóku vatskeröll öll, þau er þeir féngu,ok fyldu upp af spónum ok báru ítjöru ok gjörðu valslöngur Flat. I,11217; hann lét reisa valslöngu út íhólmi Fm. VII, 18325. 18610. VIII, 17724;reiða valslöngu dvs. sætte, holde saadan Maskine i Gang, Didr. 27414; ef maðrferr með skot eða valslöngur til þessat drepa kristna menn AKr. 22216.
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, valslönga may be more accurately written as valslǫnga.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᛚᛋᛚᚯᚿᚵᛆ
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:
- a.
- accusativ.
- f.
- Feminin.
- fg.
- følgende.
- lat.
- latinsk.
- m.
- Masculin.
- mlat.
- Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.
- s.
- substantiv.