Borgarvökudagr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - borgarvökudagr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "borgarvökudagr" (or borgarvǫkudagr) in Norwegian.

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

borgarvökudagr (borgarvǫkudagr)
borgarvökudagr, m. Dag, paa hvilken derholdtes vaka eller kirkjumessa (Marked)i Borg eller Sarpsborg (se vaka). DN.VII, 5456.

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, borgarvökudagr may be more accurately written as borgarvǫkudagr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚮᚱᚵᛆᚱᚠᚯᚴᚢᚦᛆᚵᚱ
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.

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