Fjallhvönn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjallhvönn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjallhvönn" (or fjallhvǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

fjallhvönn (fjallhvǫnn)
fjallhvönn, f. Kvanne (hvönn, angelicaArchangelica) som voxer tilfjelds. Herv.2496.

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, fjallhvönn may be more accurately written as fjallhvǫnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᛆᛚᛚᚼᚠᚯᚿᚿ
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.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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