Yfirstöðumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - yfirstöðumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "yfirstöðumaðr" (or yfirstǫðumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

yfirstöðumaðr (yfirstǫðumaðr)
yfirstöðumaðr, m. = maðr er stendr yfirgrepti e-s. Thom. 44522.

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, yfirstöðumaðr may be more accurately written as yfirstǫðumaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛦᚠᛁᚱᛋᛏᚯᚦᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

e-s.
einhvers.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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