Falljökull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - falljökull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "falljökull" (or falljǫkull) in Norwegian.

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

falljökull (falljǫkull): falljökull, m. Isstykke, som har udskilt sigfra og er falden ned fra en Isbræ; eruenn ok sumir þeir ísar í því hafi, erGrœnlendingar kalla falljökla Kgs. 4029(falljakla Brenner 4815). Jvf. Den norskeTuristforenings Aarbog 1872 s. 6035.

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, falljökull may be more accurately written as falljǫkull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᛚᛚᛁᚯᚴᚢᛚᛚ
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.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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