Föðurgarðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föðurgarðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föðurgarðr" (or fǫðurgarðr) in Norwegian.

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

föðurgarðr (fǫðurgarðr)
föðurgarðr, m. ens Faders Hus; hafanökkut or föðurgarði DN. I, 14210;Fld. III, 25016; sá sonr sem eigi erleystr af föðurgarði AKr. 582.

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, föðurgarðr may be more accurately written as fǫðurgarðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚦᚢᚱᚵᛆᚱᚦᚱ
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.

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