Valslöngva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - valslöngva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "valslöngva" (or valslǫngva) in Norwegian.

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

valslöngva (valslǫngva): 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, valslöngva may be more accurately written as valslǫngva.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᛚᛋᛚᚯᚿᚵᚠᛆ
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.

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