Bergsnös

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bergsnös

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bergsnös" (or bergsnǫs) in Norwegian.

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

bergsnös (bergsnǫs): bergsnös, f. fremstaaende Kant af et Fjeld,= snös, bjargsnös. Eg. 60; bergsnösforvexles let med bergs-nös (= berg-nös) Sig. 2, 15 jvf s. Bugges Anm. i NFkv. 216 a.

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, bergsnös may be more accurately written as bergsnǫs.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚽᚱᚵᛋᚿᚯᛋ
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:

a.: accusativ.

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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