Blátönn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - blátönn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "blátönn" (or blátǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

blátönn (blátǫnn): blátönn, f. blaa, sort Tand; som Øge-navn: elzt barna þeirra var Björn b.,tönn hans var blá at lit ok stóð halfrarannarrar alnar fram ur munni hansFld. II, 390; jvf Landn. 4, 8 (259);Haraldr blátönn Flat. I, 1722.

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, blátönn may be more accurately written as blátǫnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛚᛆᛏᚯᚿᚿ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

n.: Neutrum.

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