Vígvölr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vígvölr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vígvölr" (or vígvǫlr) in Norwegian.

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

vígvölr (vígvǫlr): vígvölr, m. Stok, Kjæp som bruges til Vaa-ben. Grg. I, 1474. 9; hafði hinn minnifjándinn fjöl sína fyrir vígvöl Pr. 4159;eptir þat hélt maðr á manni ok létganga (hverr) þat er til hafði í víg-völum, ok vóru allir ölóðir Fm. VIII,24921.

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, vígvölr may be more accurately written as vígvǫlr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚵᚠᚯᛚᚱ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

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