Atvistarsök

Old Norwegian Dictionary - atvistarsök

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "atvistarsök" (or atvistarsǫk) in Norwegian.

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

atvistarsök (atvistarsǫk): atvistarsök, f. Retssag hvorved nogen søgessom atvistarmaðr. DN. XI, 5111 jvfIX, 2675.

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, atvistarsök may be more accurately written as atvistarsǫk.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᛏᚠᛁᛋᛏᛆᚱᛋᚯᚴ
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.