Dúnvöttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - dúnvöttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "dúnvöttr" (or dúnvǫttr) in Norwegian.

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

dúnvöttr (dúnvǫttr): dúnvöttr, m. Hanske, Vante, hvori der erDun, = vöttr dúnsfullr (Fris. 4711);gaf þeim auknefni ok kallaði dúnvöttuSturl. I, 3837.

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, dúnvöttr may be more accurately written as dúnvǫttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚢᚿᚠᚯᛏᛏᚱ
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.

s.: substantiv.