Vígvöllr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vígvöllr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vígvöllr" (or vígvǫllr) in Norwegian.

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

vígvöllr (vígvǫllr): vígvöllr, m. Slette hvorpaa Strid føres, Kamp foregaar; Zoroas hleypr ór kerr-unni ok at konungi ok höggr til hansmeð sverði - ok helgar svá vígvöllinnmeð konungs blóði Alex. 434; eptir þatkom flótti í lið Sveins konungs, enfjöldi féll þar á vígvellinum Fm. XI,37216; annan dag géngu konungarnirá vígvöllinn ok börðust SE. I, 43417;kom Ljótr fram á vigvöllinn ok segirupp holmgöngulög Eg. 67 (1615); Laxd.49 (14911); Nj. 134 (2126); Trój. 21 (5418).

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, vígvöllr may be more accurately written as vígvǫllr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚵᚠᚯᛚᛚᚱ
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.

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