Vandarhögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vandarhögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vandarhögg" (or vandarhǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

vandarhögg (vandarhǫgg): vandarhögg, n. Slag som tilføies nogen med Kjæp (vöndr); setti biskupinn hon-um þá skript meðal annarra hluta, atsex messudjáknar skyldi setja honumnöktum sítt vandarhögg hverr Bp. I,87135; Heilag. II, 15517.

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, vandarhögg may be more accurately written as vandarhǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚿᚦᛆᚱᚼᚯᚵᚵ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

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