Vörzlumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vörzlumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vörzlumaðr" (or vǫrzlumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

vörzlumaðr (vǫrzlumaðr)
vörzlumaðr, m. Cautionist, = trúlofanar-maðr, handsalamaðr, borganarmaðr.Borg. 1, 1220; Str. 721; Bp. I, 7715;Heilag. II, 4635. 471; Mar. 8815. 22. 25.

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, vörzlumaðr may be more accurately written as vǫrzlumaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚱᛋᛚᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.
p.
Pagina, side.

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