Yfirsögn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - yfirsögn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "yfirsögn" (or yfirsǫgn) in Norwegian.

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

yfirsögn (yfirsǫgn)
yfirsögn, f. afgjørende Kjendelse; Þorvaldrvarð fár við þetta bréf, ok sagðist aldrihirða hvat hann sagði, vildi hafa yfir-sögn Jörundar biskups Bp. I, 81311.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛦᚠᛁᚱᛋᚯᚵᚿ
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:

f.
Feminin.
p.
Pagina, side.

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