Breðafönn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - breðafönn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "breðafönn" (or breðafǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

breðafönn (breðafǫnn)
breðafönn, f. kaldes efter Völs. 8412 (c.1)hver fönn er mikil er; formodentlig af breði m. Bræ, Isbræ.

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, breðafönn may be more accurately written as breðafǫnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚱᚽᚦᛆᚠᚯᚿᚿ
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:

c.
Capitel.
f.
Feminin.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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