Föðurkyn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föðurkyn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föðurkyn" (or fǫðurkyn) in Norwegian.

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

föðurkyn (fǫðurkyn)
föðurkyn, n. fædrene Slægt eller Herkomst;skozkr at föðurkyni Eg. 51 (10224).

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, föðurkyn may be more accurately written as fǫðurkyn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚦᚢᚱᚴᛦᚿ
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:

n.
Neutrum.

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