Vörpuligr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vörpuligr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vörpuligr" (or vǫrpuligr) in Norwegian.

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

vörpuligr (vǫrpuligr): vörpuligr, adj. anseelig, rask af Udseende;þá stóð upp maðr á þingino mikill okallvörpuligr OH. 1559; Þorvarðr varenn vörpuligsti maðr Pr. 5714; Flat.I, 25715; Laxd. 73 (20922); Mork. 17115.

Part of speech: adj

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, vörpuligr may be more accurately written as vǫrpuligr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚱᛕᚢᛚᛁᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

lat.: latinsk.

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