Brunaöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - brunaöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "brunaöld" (or brunaǫld) in Norwegian.

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

brunaöld (brunaǫld)
brunaöld, f. den Tidsalder, i hvilken manbrændte sine døde. Hkr. 21; Flat. I, 56.

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, brunaöld may be more accurately written as brunaǫld.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚱᚢᚿᛆᚯᛚᚦ
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.

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