Yfirsöngr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - yfirsöngr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "yfirsöngr" (or yfirsǫngr) in Norwegian.

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

yfirsöngr (yfirsǫngr): yfirsöngr, m. Syngen over noget a) fore- tagen for derved at fremkalde overnatur-lige Virkninger (jvf galdr); om Trold-domssang: at öllum líkaminum snúastþeir um ok verða at dýrum, hvárt semþat verðr heldr af galdraligum orðumok yfirsöngum, eðr er þat af nökkurumeitrligum grösum ok galdrasamligumStj. 914; sverðit beit ekki, því at Kol-bakr var svá magnaðr af yfirsöngumGrímu, at hann bitu ekki vápn Fbr. 322;mörg merki urdo at vazvígslum hansok yfirsöngum Bp. I, 43121. b) vedDaaben: yfirsöngr kennimanns Heilag.I, 46626. c) ved Klokkers Indvielse:Messusk. 1643. d) ved Ligferd: Karls- efn. 5 (Aa. 128. 130); þat er skipanmín, at ek vil láta fœra mik í Skála-holt, ef ek önðumst ór þessi sótt -,veit ek ok -, at þar munu nú verakennimenn at veita mér yfirsöngva Eb.51 (9520); Bp. I, 8132. e) over Person som skal bansættes: vita þykkjumst eknú -, at biskup á Hólum hefir harðayfirsöngva yfir okkr í dag Bp. I, 8533.

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, yfirsöngr may be more accurately written as yfirsǫngr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛦᚠᛁᚱᛋᚯᚿᚵᚱ
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:

a.: accusativ.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

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