Varnaðarskjöldr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - varnaðarskjöldr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "varnaðarskjöldr" (or varnaðarskjǫldr) in Norwegian.

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

varnaðarskjöldr (varnaðarskjǫldr): varnaðarskjöldr, m. Beskyttelsesskjold; máþessi sonr okkarr upp halda ófriði ímóti óvinum várum ok vera vörn okvarnaðarskjöldr ok skýli, hlífð ok lausnalls er oss varðar El. 99.

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, varnaðarskjöldr may be more accurately written as varnaðarskjǫldr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚱᚿᛆᚦᛆᚱᛋᚴᛁᚯᛚᚦᚱ
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.