Austfjörðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - austfjörðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "austfjörðr" (or austfjǫrðr) in Norwegian.

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

austfjörðr (austfjǫrðr)
austfjörðr, m. østlig Fjord; forekommersom Stedsnavn paa Island. Isl. 3;Landn. I, 1.

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, austfjörðr may be more accurately written as austfjǫrðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚢᛋᛏᚠᛁᚯᚱᚦᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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