Föðurland

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föðurland

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föðurland" (or fǫðurland) in Norwegian.

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

föðurland (fǫðurland)
föðurland, n. Fædreland. Stj. 5533; Bær.11527; Leif. 19626.

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, föðurland may be more accurately written as fǫðurland.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚦᚢᚱᛚᛆᚿᚦ
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.
n.
Neutrum.

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