Ættaröx

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ættaröx

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ættaröx" (or ættarǫx) in Norwegian.

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

ættaröx (ættarǫx): ættaröx, f. Øx som har tilhørt en Familie,er gaaet i Arv; Þ. gaf - Ólafi í vin-semd 1 breiðöxi, sem hafði verit fyrr-nefnds Ólafs ættaröx DN. X, 203.

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, ættaröx may be more accurately written as ættarǫx.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛅᛏᛏᛆᚱᚯᛋ
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.