Föðurbetringr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föðurbetringr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föðurbetringr" (or fǫðurbetringr) in Norwegian.

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

föðurbetringr (fǫðurbetringr)
föðurbetringr, m. Person som er bedre endsin Fader, = betrfeðrungr. Grett. 7514.

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, föðurbetringr may be more accurately written as fǫðurbetringr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚦᚢᚱᛒᚽᛏᚱᛁᚿᚵᚱ
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:

gr.
græft.
m.
Masculin.

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