Ávöxtr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ávöxtr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ávöxtr" (or ávǫxtr) in Norwegian.

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

ávöxtr (ávǫxtr): ávöxtr, m. 1) at der voxer noget paa etSted; verma jörðina til ávaxtar Fm. V,34422 (Flat. II, 29917). 2) hvad der voxerpaa noget; ávöxtr trés Stj. 359. 14 jvf Post. 8771. 9. 11; jörðin gefr út af sér ávöxtu Stj. 3817; jarðar ávöxtr Flat. II, 3007; aldin-viðrinn bar tvennan ávöxt Fm. IX,265; plantaði - alls konar ynniliganávöxt Barl. 23; fig. om Frugten af Or-dets Sæd Barl. 528. 19316; með bœnumok öðrum andar ávöxtum Heilag. I,66935. 3) Afkom, Formerelse. Barl. 2619;ávöxtr kviðar Oxf. 4) Afkastning, Ud- bytte som man vinder af en Ejendom (inn-stœða) ved at gjøre den frugtbringende. Frost. 9, 226; Grág. 7916; Heilag. 7335;Rb. 10, 4.

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, ávöxtr may be more accurately written as ávǫxtr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚠᚯᛋᛏᚱ
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.

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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